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Easy answer.

If it's my child or someone I know, save him/her.

If they are all strangers, save the greater number.

If I know both the child and one or more people among the set of 3, prioritize based on genetic or family proximity.

The point is, this can be solved algorithmically and/or game theoretically.



Add race/nationality/religion/culture and see if your algorithm changes.


Well, people probably skew toward people "like them", broadly speaking.

But it would be interesting to run the experiment in a psychology lab and see what kind of results arise.


Ask a mother.


Save her child?




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