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>Approximate me the length of i in real life
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Trolley Problem: Dante Must /sci/ Mode

Two trolleys are near a loop in the tram tracks, where some bastard has restrained 6 people, 5 on the lower track and 1 on the upper track.
The blue trolley is carrying one trolley driver and x passengers. The red trolley is carrying one anti-driver and y anti-passengers.
If you, on the left, pull your lever, the red trolley will be diverted to the top track.

You don't know:
>what the guy on the right's lever does
>how the sum of passengers and anti-passengers on both trolleys is distributed
>the legality surrounding the killing of anti-people
>the current velocity of either trolley (the blue trolley's velocity might be zero)
>the exact specifications of the MEME-SHIELD that keeps the anti-trolley's antimatter separated from the atmosphere

You DO know:
>the velocity of the red trolley is towards the loop, non-zero, and not decreasing
>the red trolley cannot be stopped because it does not have brakes (the meme-magic forcefield prevents the trolley from contacting the rails)
>if the trolleys collide the meme-field will fail and many photons will be generated, potentially killing everyone on Earth

Prove that if you BOTH pull your lever it has the highest probability of minimizing the total number of deaths.

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