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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago

Existential trolley problem

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    Are we even sure that Sisyphus can make it to either location? Because in order to reach a destination he must first make it to the halfway point, right? But to make it there, he’s gotta make it to that point’s halfway point, but before he gets there he need to…

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      He doesn’t actually have to make it there you just have to pull that lever with a force an omnipotent being would have trouble accomplishing

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        Just make the lever longer.

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          Dude

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      Instead, let’s aim for double the end location. Then all he has to do is travel half that distance

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        But he must first travel half the distance to that line, leaving us where we started.

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      It depends on whether Sisyphus has learned calculus.

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        I hear they only have pomegranates in hell. Neither calculus nor gravity for them!

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