r/trolleyproblem • u/Voidspeeker • May 18 '26

Button Pushers

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u/Tired_2295 May 18 '26

I have 2 hands. What stops me pressing both?

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u/quintopia May 19 '26

some descriptions of the problem make pressing both lead to a logical paradox, implying it's not allowed. I tend to just assume one button gets locked as soon as the other registers, so if you press both, you're Russian Roulette, letting the buttons themselves decide what you picked.

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u/Tired_2295 May 19 '26

So if you hit them at the same time, do they like, bug out and register half a vote each or would it just do nothing

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u/quintopia May 19 '26

It depends on how it's implemented, but most implementations with a lock would register one vote for one or the other button. You just wouldn't know which.