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This repository is an alternate universe that evolves around the trolley problem. The reality of the universe is whatever the master branch says.

# What is happening?
At this point in time, there is a runaway trolley barreling down the railway tracks. Ahead, on the tracks, there are five people tied up and unable to move. The trolley is headed straight for them. On a side track, there is one person tied to the tracks. Coincedentally, there is also a fat man on a bridge above the track. If you do nothing, the other contributer, physics, will soon update master such that the trolley kills the five people.
You `checkout` all branches reality can take it this point, and find that among others there is a `lever`, a `fatman`. Which is the more ethical option?:
- `git pull lever`
- `git push origin fatman:master`
A new fork was created. There are no people tied on this fork of the track. If you `pull` the fork, noone will die, but the original set-up of the thought experiment will be overwritten and the joke will be lost to `git` history.