Frosty
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So, probably lots of people have heard of this. I had before today so, yeah.
If not,
Heres both parts of what I want to include---
"Imagine you've got a train and it's hurtling down a track. In its path, five people are trapped on the line and cannot escape. Fortunately, you can flick a switch, which diverts the train down a fork in that track, away from those five people, but at a price. There is another person trapped down that fork and the train will kill them instead. Question: Should you flick the switch?
(...)
But now let me give you a variation. You've got a train speeding out of control down a track and it's gonna plow into five people on the line. But this time you are standing behind a very large stranger on a footbridge above that track. The only way to save the people is to heave the stranger over. He will fall to a certain death, but his considerable bulk will block the train, saving five lives."
But yeah. According to research, it has been found- that MOST people would choose to flick the switch in the first problem- but that MOST people WOULD NOT choose to push the man.
And it was found, that those people- in observation, who DID choose to push the man- were lacking any sort of revulsion that would be expected- and that was shown in the people who DIDNT choose to flip the switch.
I looked for a thread on this- found one on the trolley problem--- but not what it MEANS- not what the choice says about a person- if it says anything at all. So yeah.
But, and Im just curious more than anything- any validity? I dont want to say too much initially of my own thoughts... But IS, COULD, this be a reasonably accurate 'test' to identify those with antisocial traits? Or no?
Answer if you want, or dont if you dont want- my wording might have been a bit confusing. And yeah.
Article attached.
YOU CAN SKIP HERE IF WANTED
Am I A Psychopath? Lack Of Empathy and Other Traits Determine Whether You'll Save A Life
I know Im not a sociopath. Just gunna say that too so its not that Im like... Its not really about me of anything. Just curious, because... This was interesting
If not,
Heres both parts of what I want to include---
"Imagine you've got a train and it's hurtling down a track. In its path, five people are trapped on the line and cannot escape. Fortunately, you can flick a switch, which diverts the train down a fork in that track, away from those five people, but at a price. There is another person trapped down that fork and the train will kill them instead. Question: Should you flick the switch?
(...)
But now let me give you a variation. You've got a train speeding out of control down a track and it's gonna plow into five people on the line. But this time you are standing behind a very large stranger on a footbridge above that track. The only way to save the people is to heave the stranger over. He will fall to a certain death, but his considerable bulk will block the train, saving five lives."
But yeah. According to research, it has been found- that MOST people would choose to flick the switch in the first problem- but that MOST people WOULD NOT choose to push the man.
And it was found, that those people- in observation, who DID choose to push the man- were lacking any sort of revulsion that would be expected- and that was shown in the people who DIDNT choose to flip the switch.
I looked for a thread on this- found one on the trolley problem--- but not what it MEANS- not what the choice says about a person- if it says anything at all. So yeah.
But, and Im just curious more than anything- any validity? I dont want to say too much initially of my own thoughts... But IS, COULD, this be a reasonably accurate 'test' to identify those with antisocial traits? Or no?
Answer if you want, or dont if you dont want- my wording might have been a bit confusing. And yeah.
Article attached.
YOU CAN SKIP HERE IF WANTED
Am I A Psychopath? Lack Of Empathy and Other Traits Determine Whether You'll Save A Life
I know Im not a sociopath. Just gunna say that too so its not that Im like... Its not really about me of anything. Just curious, because... This was interesting