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Maybe you should think about what is written before throwing out disparaging remarks. My comment isn't about refusing to accept the premise of the thought experiment, it's about the premise of the thought experiment unintentionally influencing responses. Humans respond to what they know, even to the point of forcing specific questions into different meanings because one interpretation fits better with real world experiences/expectations.

The one useful aspect of the question I did point out - despite the physical anomalies - most (all?) respondents will filter the question through the moral "hardware" in the brain, making it useful for identifying the neurological basis of morality. It's an entirely other question what the usefulness of that knowledge is.

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And everyone was amazed how quickly you found a crown....

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charliem - you've exactly hit on the problem with this "moral question", though in a way I believe most folks would never think of.

I remember the first time this I heard this about twenty years ago. My immediate reaction was yes on 1, no on 2, because if I flip the track switch there is an overwhelming likelihood the train will follow the secondary track and kill one person, but in the second scenario, there is no such guarantee. Every time I've pointed this out to the questioner, they try some hand-waving physics to convince me that it will work, but ultimately fail. And I'm convinced that the vast majority of people also understand this - that there really is no guarantee of derailing the train by pushing a fat person onto the tracks - and that is why most people respond the same way.

This is a very old "moral dilemma" question designed to elucidate human nature, but as charliem points out, it is completely false and thus completely invalid.

The questions are invalid in terms of interpreting the answers of respondents. On the other hand, using it as a means of probing the neurological basis of morality with fMRI is probably useful, since the relevant systems will likely be engaged regardless of the physical anomalies.

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A partial list:

Adele
Cher
Edith Piaf
Bette Midler
Julie Andrews
Bernadette Peters
Gwen Stefani
Zooey Deschanel
Britney Spears
Shakira
Alanis Morisette
Joni Mitchell (?)
Christina Aguilera
Celine Dion
Selena (?)
Barbra Streisand

That was awesome!

Anyone got a list of the divas? Quick check on yt didn't help.

Who was the winking diva? Madonna, maybe?

A few I know she didn't do that I'd love to see her attempt:
Dolly Parton
Janis Joplin
Tina Turner