r/trolleyproblem
Trolley problems: submit and discuss.
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A subreddit for submission and discussion of variants of the trolley problem.
This is a subreddit for submission and discussion of variants of the trolley problem.
The trolley problem is a thought experiment introduced in 1967. The original dilemma involves a runaway trolley travelling down train tracks towards five helpless people. You are standing at a lever that can diver...
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June 17, 2016
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Total Submissions
2,181
Total Comments
75,705
Earliest Submission
June 17, 2016
Earliest Comment
September 2, 2016
Rank↕ | Word↕ | Occurrences in Subreddit | Total Occurrences | Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) | Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) | Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 20,491 | 177,909 | 4474.2 | 1.5 | 3015.98 | |
| #2 | 2,723 | 29,892 | 594.6 | 0.2 | 2385.37 | |
| #3 | 991 | 24,065 | 216.4 | 0.2 | 1078.33 | |
| #4 | 21,804 | 562,055 | 4760.9 | 4.7 | 1015.83 | |
| #5 | 1,138 | 40,520 | 248.5 | 0.3 | 735.42 | |
| #6 | 406 | 24,765 | 88.7 | 0.2 | 429.29 | |
| #7 | 207 | 19,928 | 45.2 | 0.2 | 272.00 | |
| #8 | 6,357 | 692,590 | 1388.1 | 5.8 | 240.35 | |
| #9 | 642 | 80,170 | 140.2 | 0.7 | 209.69 | |
| #10 | 868 | 110,710 | 189.5 | 0.9 | 205.30 | |
| #11 | 363 | 47,929 | 79.3 | 0.4 | 198.32 | |
| #12 | 141 | 25,021 | 30.8 | 0.2 | 147.56 | |
| #13 | 1,410 | 255,692 | 307.9 | 2.1 | 144.40 | |
| #14 | 90 | 16,532 | 19.7 | 0.1 | 142.55 | |
| #15 | 145 | 27,361 | 31.7 | 0.2 | 138.77 | |
| #16 | 85 | 16,661 | 18.6 | 0.1 | 133.59 | |
| #17 | 230 | 45,164 | 50.2 | 0.4 | 133.35 | |
| #18 | 961 | 208,439 | 209.8 | 1.7 | 120.73 | |
| #19 | 563 | 126,177 | 122.9 | 1.1 | 116.84 | |
| #20 | 175 | 48,102 | 38.2 | 0.4 | 95.27 | |
| #21 | 170 | 48,031 | 37.1 | 0.4 | 92.68 | |
| #22 | 185 | 54,327 | 40.4 | 0.5 | 89.17 | |
| #23 | 75 | 22,717 | 16.4 | 0.2 | 86.45 | |
| #24 | 112 | 34,091 | 24.5 | 0.3 | 86.03 | |
| #25 | 446 | 145,055 | 97.4 | 1.2 | 80.51 | |
| #26 | 93 | 30,397 | 20.3 | 0.3 | 80.12 | |
| #27 | 147 | 48,760 | 32.1 | 0.4 | 78.94 | |
| #28 | 223 | 76,040 | 48.7 | 0.6 | 76.79 | |
| #29 | 56 | 19,437 | 12.2 | 0.2 | 75.44 | |
| #30 | 47 | 16,389 | 10.3 | 0.1 | 75.09 | |
| #31 | 1,297 | 460,138 | 283.2 | 3.8 | 73.81 | |
| #32 | 241 | 92,464 | 52.6 | 0.8 | 68.25 | |
| #33 | 57 | 24,515 | 12.4 | 0.2 | 60.88 | |
| #34 | 119 | 51,390 | 26.0 | 0.4 | 60.64 | |
| #35 | 51 | 22,711 | 11.1 | 0.2 | 58.80 | |
| #36 | 5,431 | 2,467,639 | 1185.9 | 20.6 | 57.63 | |
| #37 | 126 | 57,299 | 27.5 | 0.5 | 57.58 | |
| #38 | 47 | 21,551 | 10.3 | 0.2 | 57.11 | |
| #39 | 289 | 136,346 | 63.1 | 1.1 | 55.50 | |
| #40 | 90 | 44,078 | 19.7 | 0.4 | 53.47 | |
| #41 | 67 | 32,863 | 14.6 | 0.3 | 53.39 | |
| #42 | 108 | 53,366 | 23.6 | 0.4 | 52.99 | |
| #43 | 167 | 82,680 | 36.5 | 0.7 | 52.89 | |
| #44 | 46 | 23,003 | 10.0 | 0.2 | 52.36 | |
| #45 | 51 | 25,626 | 11.1 | 0.2 | 52.11 | |
| #46 | 47 | 24,378 | 10.3 | 0.2 | 50.49 | |
| #47 | 35 | 18,588 | 7.6 | 0.2 | 49.31 | |
| #48 | 20,848 | 11,295,501 | 4552.2 | 94.2 | 48.33 | |
| #49 | 108 | 58,821 | 23.6 | 0.5 | 48.08 | |
| #50 | 46 | 25,426 | 10.0 | 0.2 | 47.37 |