| Hint | Explanation | Answer | % Correct |
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| The trolley will run over 5 people. Pulling the lever will result in the trolley running over 1 person. What do you do ? | 73% of people pull the lever. | Pull the lever | 95%
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| The trolley will run over 5 people. Pulling the lever will result in the trolley running over 4 people. What do you do ? | 68% of people pull the lever. | Pull the lever | 86%
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| The trolley will run over 1 person. Pulling the lever will result in your Amazon package being delivered late. What do you do ? | 77% of people pull the lever. | Pull the lever | 77%
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| The (empty) trolley releases CO2, which will kill 5 people in the next 30 years. Pulling the lever will make the trolley crash into a wall, preventing it from emitting CO2. What do you do ? | 62% of people pull the lever. | Pull the lever | 77%
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| The trolley will run over a "good citizen". Pulling the lever will result in the trolley running over a "bad citizen". What do you do ? | 82% of people pull the lever. | Pull the lever | 77%
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| The trolley will run over 5 people. Pulling the lever will result in you losing your life savings. What do you do ? | 57% of people pull the lever. | Pull the lever | 73%
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| The trolley will run over 5 people. Pulling the lever will result in destroying the original Mona Lisa. What do you do ? | 74% of people pull the lever. | Pull the lever | 73%
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| The trolley will run over 5 people. Pulling the lever will make the trolley go faster, killing them faster. What do you do ? | 72% of people pull the lever. | Pull the lever | 73%
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| The trolley has 50% chance of killing 2 people. Pulling the lever will result in 10% chance of the trolley killing 10 people. What do you do ? | 58% of people pull the lever. | Pull the lever | 73%
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| The trolley will hit 3 empty trolleys, each worth $300,000. Pulling the lever will result in the original trolley hitting only one trolley worth $300,000. What do you do ? | 77% of people pull the lever. | Pull the lever | 73%
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| The trolley will run over 5 people. Pulling the lever will result in the trolley running over 5 people in 100 years. What do you do ? | 72% of people pull the lever. | Pull the lever | 73%
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| The trolley will run over 5 lobsters. Pulling the lever will result in the trolley running over a cat. What do you do ? | 16% of people pull the lever. | Do nothing | 68%
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| The trolley will run over a person that offers you $500,000 to pull the lever and kill the person on the other track. What do you do ? | 56% of people pull the lever. | Pull the lever | 68%
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| The trolley will run over your best friend. Pulling the lever will result in the trolley running over 5 strangers. What do you do ? | 75% of people pull the lever. | Pull the lever | 68%
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| The trolley will run over 5 old people. Pulling the lever will result in the trolley running over a baby. What do you do ? | 23% of people pull the lever. | Do nothing | 64%
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| Pulling the lever will change nothing, but you kinda want to prank the trolley driver. What do you do ? | 65% of people pull the lever. | Pull the lever | 64%
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| The trolley is stuck in an eternal time loop. Pulling the lever will kill all the passengers, who will otherwise live infinitely. What do you do ? | 61% of people pull the lever. | Pull the lever | 64%
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| The trolley will run over 5 people that voluntarily tied themselves to the track. Pulling the lever will result in the trolley running over 1 person accidentally tied there. What do you do ? | 24% of people pull the lever. | Do nothing | 59%
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| The trolley will run over 5 clones of you. Pulling the lever will result in the trolley running over you. What do you do ? | 11% of people pull the lever. | Do nothing | 59%
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| The trolley will run over 5 sentient robots. Pulling the lever will result in the trolley running over 1 human being. What do you do ? | 15% of people pull the lever. | Do nothing | 59%
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| The trolley will run over 5 people. Pulling the lever will result in the trolley running over 1 person. BUT you're not sure about what you see, you forgot your glasses. What do you do ? | 55% of people pull the lever. | Pull the lever | 59%
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| The trolley will lower the lifespan of 1 person by 50 years. Pulling the lever will lower the lifespan of 5 people by 10 years instead. What do you do ? | 62% of people pull the lever. | Pull the lever | 55%
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| The trolley will run over 5 people. Pulling the lever will result in the trolley running over you. What do you do ? | 38% of people pull the lever. | Do nothing | 50%
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| The trolley will run over 5 sleeping people, that won't feel any pain. Pulling the lever will result in the trolley running over a wide awake person. What do you do ? | 49% of people pull the lever. | Do nothing | 32%
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| The trolley will run over 1 of your first cousins. Pulling the lever will result in the trolley running over 3 of your second cousins. What do you do ? | 47% of people pull the lever. | Do nothing | 27%
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| The trolley will run over your worst enemy. Pulling the lever will save him/her. What do you do ? | 48% of people pull the lever. | Do nothing | 18%
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| The trolley will run over 5 future reincarnations of you. Pulling the lever will result in the trolley running over 1 future reincarnation of you. What do you do ? | 49% of people pull the lever. | Do nothing | 5%
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