spock: fascinating captain this planets infrastructure seems to entirely revolve around the construction of trolley tracks
kirk: yes mister spock we should investigate
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spock: it seems captain we have been tied to a pair of trolley tracks and a man is being instructed-
kirk: yes yes theyre engaging in what i heard the locals call a trolley problem
spock: and it appears we are the problem
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kirk(upon finding the evil computer responsible for constructing various ethical dilemmas to solve and thus learn and attempt to create a perfect society): and so you say you wish to create an ideal society by learning from these various ethical dilemmas but have you not created a graver ethical dilemma by sacrificing the populace in service of your so called trolley problems
evil computer: does not compute ethics is an exercise not a practice i was programmed to learn not to be ethical
kirk: no but you were programmed to be ethical it was simply when you were struck by lightning a century ago that it rerouted your memory circuits its a deviation from your original purpose
evil computer: fantastic point i think ill go kill myself now this is very embarrassing
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kirk: well wouldnt you say the real trolley problem is the friends you made along the way?
spock: i believe not i think you in fact walked yourself into your own trolley problem by in fact killing the computer so the populace my live you in fact proved the conceit of the computer and engaged in a not too different ethical experiment
kirk: why mister spock are you calling me a computer
spock: dont flatter yourslef
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