{"id":"would-you-kill-baby-hitler","name":"Would You Kill Baby Hitler","summary":"Would You Kill Baby Hitler? is a 2006 thought experiment that exploded into memedom circa 2015, asking whether you'd time-travel to murder Adolf Hitler as an infant to prevent the Holocaust and WWII.","tags":[],"howToUse":["**Poll format**: Post the question as a yes/no/maybe poll on Twitter, Reddit, or Instagram Stories and watch the replies pile up","**Hot take format**: State your answer confidently and wait for people to argue with you","**Comic/illustration format**: Draw the scenario with a punchline that subverts expectations (kidnapping baby Hitler, enrolling him in art school, etc.)","**Interview format**: Ask the question to a public figure on camera for a viral soundbite","**Philosophical deep dive**: Use it as a jumping-off point for a video essay on consequentialism, the trolley problem, or time travel paradoxes"],"imageCount":3,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/would-you-kill-baby-hitler/would-you-kill-baby-hitler-infant.webp","caption":"The iconic infant photo central to the meme.","width":100,"height":100,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/would-you-kill-baby-hitler/would-you-kill-baby-hitler-nyt.webp","caption":"The viral New York Times Magazine poll.","width":506,"height":462,"nsfw":true},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/would-you-kill-baby-hitler/would-you-kill-baby-hitler-comic.webp","caption":"Absurdist comic exploring the thought experiment.","width":425,"height":872,"nsfw":true}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/would-you-kill-baby-hitler/history.md","related":["rokos-basilisk","dyson-sphere","multi-track-drifting","schrodingers-cat","fermi-paradox","phantom-time-hypothesis","the-forest-question","how-do-you-draw-an-x","orange-peel-theory","100-men-vs-1-gorilla","imagine-spinning-apples"],"popularityRank":2146,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}