Eventually somebody's going to pull the lever, either accidentally or deliberately, so it's best to flip it while it kills the least amount of people.
I guess b/c of that it's sort of like the regular trolley problem.
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I think you would HAVE to pull it right? Regardless of how many times the lever can be given to the next person, you are either killing 1/3rd lives in the scenario, or you are killing 1/8bil.
Actually, if it doubles every time and we assume 8 billion is the max, you only need 32 people to not pull it. Maybe I'd bet on that. If I was in the middle I'd let it pass no question.
What if no one ever pulls it?
Assuming the problem is infinite and considers physical factors, then it would happen at one point
In theory if the chain never ends this might be the only trolley problem where nobody has to die as long as nobody interacts. (If I understand it correctly)
but if the chain never ends, you're basically guaranteed that one of the people holding the lever down the line is a monster and will deliberately decide to kill the people, so you're likely to do better by killing the one person now