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Chapter 29 The Tram Dilemma

"I am very pleased that the future of mankind will continue to thrive in the universe because of excellent minds like you.

The premise is that we have to get through this difficulty. Arthur, if it were you, what else can you do?"

"The trolley problem." Arthur said, "A runaway train is running on the tracks. On the track where the train is traveling, five people are tied up and unable to move. The train is going to run over them. You are standing on the track.

Inside the station, you are very close to the lever that changes the track of the train. If you pull this lever, the train will switch to the alternate track. However, you will notice that there is only one person tied up on the alternate track. You have two options:

Do nothing and let the train run over these five people along its normal route.

Pull the lever to change to the alternate track and allow the train to pass another person on the alternate track."

"This is a damn question."

The students discussed one after another. At such a time, no one could keep calm.

I have to admit that Arthur is right.

Saving the residents of Mars means that all the people on Kunlun and Mir may die. If we don't save them, at least the spacecraft will have a chance to fly away from the vacuum bubble. The faster, the better, and the further, the better.

As long as we can fly far enough, we have a chance to buy more time, and maybe the crisis will disappear.

But people on Mars don't have this chance. Their death is destined, as if it is already in the past tense.

"Very well, we can't decide on the tram issue, can we?" the commander's voice sounded again.

"It depends on the decision-maker, who is the decision-maker, can United be the decision-maker? Who takes responsibility, sinners of all mankind, no matter what choice they make, they are sinners."

"Everyone on the JAC has a responsibility to take responsibility for this, but that's not the point, kid, it's not the point. You haven't thought about the deeper issues yet, but there are various plans unfolding that we once wanted to stop, but found out

, that also seems wrong.”

Arthur didn't speak. He was thinking about what else he had missed.

What is the deeper part?

He thought about the incident when he was taken away by three strangers, and what they said to him, "Don't become a sinner for all mankind."

Is this a warning or...? Maybe it's some hope for him.

The initiative they asked him to sign...could it also be related to this crisis.

There were so many clues intertwined that Arthur struggled to sort them out.

Finally, it thought of the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang floating above its head, and the book it turned over page by page was the "World Heritage List".

There must be some connection, he just hasn't thought of it yet.

"Can anyone think of a deeper question? What is human nature and our kindness allowed us to do and what is not allowed?"

"Humanity and kindness can't let all mankind face the dilemma of genocide." Suzaku suddenly became extremely indifferent at this time. Extreme utilitarianism is not a problem in the eyes of new humans. This is because their minds are more biased towards optimal calculations.

.

This design is for better survival in the universe.

"But there are my relatives on Mars." An said with tears.

"I can withdraw from the plan, I don't want to make any choice." Jacob said.

At this time, Arthur suddenly said, "I understand. What would the Martian residents think if they knew about this?"

The commander's voice sounded after five long seconds, "I don't know whether I should be happy or sad, but you are right, kid."

"I don't hope I'm right, but the facts are like this. What will happen to the residents of Mars if they know about it? They have the right to ask the spacecraft to go back and pick them up. The Martian living area has the best algorithm masters and the most outstanding engineers.

They can also accurately predict everything we are discussing here today. What will be left for the inhabitants of Mars?

Same streetcar problem, but they become the decision makers?

Decide your own destiny? Now we need to figure out what our companions are thinking, and then what?"

"Horror! This is so terrible." Suzaku already understood what Arthur meant, and she repeated in horror, "It's so terrible, it's like a war in front of the mirror."

"This metaphor is very accurate," the commander said.

"Sir, the residents of Mars have only two choices. Ask for rescue or give up the plan to leave and disappear with Mars." Suzaku said.

"Sacrifice yourself to protect more humans."

"Will they do it?"

"As long as one person objects, unless...I mean-"

"Li Xiang, shut up. It's impossible to silence the opponents."

"Very good, there is no airtight wall in the universe. We know that someone on Mars already knows everything, and we have no intention of hiding it. Everyone has the right to know."

"Sir, what are we here for today? Since it seems there is nothing we can do."

"Suzaku-san, your performance also convinces me that maybe we still have a chance."

"Is there still a chance? What do you mean?" Suzaku was troubled.

"At that time, the experimental technology and high-energy energy that caused the earth's disaster were scattered and stored in different locations on the earth, covering several continents. We investigated for a long time and wanted to return to the earth to find the answer, although all failed.

But we are not without progress. If you look at the red cross-shaped icon on the screen, this location is very close to the earth. Let us see what is the connection between this location and the location of the vacuum bubble?"

"If you look at the Earth as the center of a circle or a vertex of a triangle, the vacuum bubble and this red location - I got it."

Arthur suddenly realized that if the earth is regarded as the center of a circle, these two positions are exactly at equal radii of the earth. If viewed from a folding angle, the earth is a vertex of a triangle, and these two points are on the two sides of the triangle.

In this way, if the earth can be made to decay, it will be like the earth suddenly exploding. These two points are just within the explosion range. Using traction energy transfer technology, this technology has been successful in the laboratory. It is an accident before the technology of vacuum acceleration.

Discover.

But opening a hole near the earth is like splitting off a moon on the earth, and using this small moon to swallow the vacuum bubbles. If it succeeds, the crisis for Mars and the entire universe will disappear.

This is an excellent method!

"It seems someone has thought of it." The commander's gaze swept across all the students present, and finally landed on Professor Klein's face.

"I believe that my students have already thought of it."

"Very good. I'm very happy that the students in the aerospace school and the students in the preparatory school can have equally excellent minds. I don't think anyone will object to this method. This is the best method."
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