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[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (6 children)

Line em up and cut a third off both apples in one go? Everyone gets 2/3? Seems simple right? Consider the core. I don't think it's possible if you consider the core. You have to kill one of your friends.

You have to kill one of your friends.

You have to kill one of your friends.

Choose which one of your friends to kill.

Reach for the knife before someone else does.

You have to kill one of your friends.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Or you could sacrifice yourself, you murderous bastard.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

But then I would be dead.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Rotate each apple 90 degrees so that core is parallel to the ground and perpendicular to the knife, now its split equally

If more than one person hates the stem part then yea it's murder time

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The core isn't evenly distributed along the axis though, it's like a small thingy in the center. Definitely murder time

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is actually the sandwich problem, which states there is exactly one slice that will split a sandwich of 3 elements into exactly 2 halves regardless of the shape or position of those elements. We don't need the full proof, but the problem is continuous, so any desired ratio is possible, therefore you will always be able to slice an apple into exactly 1/3 and 2/3rds "good bits", so a single slice will always be able to do the job.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I still struggle to visualize it. If we have two concentric spheres (or circles), how can you make a cut that slices both into ratios of 2/3 by volume/area?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Michael: See, the trolley problem forces you to choose between two versions of letting other people die. And the actual solution is very simple. Sacrifice yourself.

-- The Good Place

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Killing one of your friends might not be the optimal solution.

But one of your friends might think it is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Cut 1/3 up from the top or bottom?

(the apples! Cut the apples!)