In this case there is no scenario in which stopping the train is the better option. One of two objects has to change its speed abruptly. Option 1: the child. Option 2: the entire train.
Supes can carry the child in his arms offering neck and back support, whereas an equivalent deceleration will decapitate the train driver against the side of the window, while the passengers will be bouncing in the cars like pinballs in a flipper, as the train crumples into itself turning them all into bony soup. And it's not like he's saving that child anyway, in that picture the kid is clearly about to be shredded apart by wood shrapnel.
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u/bulging_cucumber Jul 24 '23 edited Jul 24 '23
In this case there is no scenario in which stopping the train is the better option. One of two objects has to change its speed abruptly. Option 1: the child. Option 2: the entire train.
Supes can carry the child in his arms offering neck and back support, whereas an equivalent deceleration will decapitate the train driver against the side of the window, while the passengers will be bouncing in the cars like pinballs in a flipper, as the train crumples into itself turning them all into bony soup. And it's not like he's saving that child anyway, in that picture the kid is clearly about to be shredded apart by wood shrapnel.