at what point does one hypothetically jump in front of a train to maximize death chance?

[xXSufferingXx]

i heard you're more likely to die the slower the train goes, is that true?

obviously the point is for the train to run over you.
so you can't hypothetically jump when it's about to stop, because then it might not even run over you.

 

[whywere]

Never ever being mean, it is NOT in the fiber of my being, but please try and think about the poor train operator and what he/she would have to endure.

Walter

 

[Last_sunset]

I'm not sure if you are more likely to die if the train is going slower. However if you are worried about the train stopping, like at a station. you could instead wait for a goods train. an added benefit of this is no passengers present means less people likely to become traumatised.

 

[Lextyle]

Never ever being mean, it is NOT in the fiber of my being, but please try and think about the poor train operator and what he/she would have to endure.

Walter

I never understood how that can ever matter after you are dead. Like all the time before you and after you will become one and it will be as if you never even existed.

 

[Fadenself00_]

I never understood how that can ever matter after you are dead. Like all the time before you and after you will become one and it will be as if you never even existed.

It would still be a nice gesture to not cause additional harm to innocent people, if something like this isn't absolutely the only method you have left, imo..

(also, we have no way to know for sure what will happen after death. Maybe nothing? Maybe being born as an entirely new organism? Nobody knows for sure)

 

[Hvergelmir]

I never understood how that can ever matter after you are dead. Like all the time before you and after you will become one and it will be as if you never even existed.

The fact that you won't have to experience it, does not mean that you must be indifferent to it. We have all kinds of opinions about things not directly affecting us.

 

[xXSufferingXx]

I never understood how that can ever matter after you are dead. Like all the time before you and after you will become one and it will be as if you never even existed.

it does matter what happens, that's also why humans write wills, to make sure their money goes the place they want after they pass.
they could not care technically, but it's normal to care.

 

[Lextyle]

The fact that you won't have to experience it, does not mean that you must be indifferent to it. We have all kinds of opinions about things not directly affecting us.

I see it like we have opinions, values and personality while we are alive but after we die all those things vanish and things matter only while we are alive

 

[Hvergelmir]

I see it like we have opinions, values and personality while we are alive but after we die all those things vanish and things matter only while we are alive

You say "we", but present a purely egocentric argument. Does my situation matter after you're dead, or not?
To me it does. Thus I think it makes sense to consider each others future, not just our own.

Taken to the extreme, your argument supports any and all collateral damage. We're all better off without collateral damage. Thus I'd like to avoid it.
One should not hang oneself, in such a way that kids find the body on their way home from school. One should not leave pets behind, to starve. Etc...
Those are very much opinions based on emotional values. While my ability to agree with those opinions will seize when I die, I think they'll still be valid.

 

[Lextyle]

You say "we", but present a purely egocentric argument. Does my situation matter after you're dead, or not?
To me it does. Thus I think it makes sense to consider each others future, not just our own.

Taken to the extreme, your argument supports any and all collateral damage. We're all better off without collateral damage. Thus I'd like to avoid it.
One should not hang oneself, in such a way that kids find the body on their way home from school. One should not leave pets behind, to starve. Etc...
Those are very much opinions based on emotional values. While my ability to agree with those opinions will seize when I die, I think they'll still be valid.

After I'm dead time will not exist. memories, personality, values, feelings, thoughts, the picture of the world inside my head, everything will vanish and not matter anymore. That's why i want to die, because I'm tired of things mattering, of having desires and fears that control what you do daily and I understand that all of that will finally end when i die.

You say "we", but present a purely egocentric argument. Does my situation matter after you're dead, or not?
To me it does. Thus I think it makes sense to consider each others future, not just our own.

Taken to the extreme, your argument supports any and all collateral damage. We're all better off without collateral damage. Thus I'd like to avoid it.
One should not hang oneself, in such a way that kids find the body on their way home from school. One should not leave pets behind, to starve. Etc...
Those are very much opinions based on emotional values. While my ability to agree with those opinions will seize when I die, I think they'll still be valid.

I know that everything matters to me right know just because my brain is wired that way and is creating those emotions but they don't really have any objectivity they are just meaningless structures for survival and reproducing

 

[Harrier]

OK, even if you aren't terribly concerned with psycological trauma of this method - it is possible to cause additional deaths.

For instance, the driver could have a heart attack.

Attempting to stop the train could cause cars to derail, killing passengers (if you don't choose a freight train).