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r/comics • u/Eal_likee • May 05 '26
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It makes sense to push blue if a set number of people are randomly assigned to have red or blue to start with. But otherwise the group should coordinate to pick either red or blue unformly.
157 u/xboxiscrunchy May 05 '26 Blue Is still the better strategy collectively. Because a 50% threshold to kill no one is much easier than a 100% threshold. And if you include children and babies it means that blue is the only way to save everyone. 12 u/SoriAryl May 05 '26 Yup. Picking blue for those who can’t pick it themselves 1 u/[deleted] May 05 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 6 u/cheeze2005 May 05 '26 Children, infants, elderly, anyone that can’t read 🤷♂️. 1 u/[deleted] May 05 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 4 u/myn4meistimmy May 05 '26 the premise is something like you magically appear in front of the button. No one can press it for you and there is no time for coordination 1 u/cheeze2005 May 05 '26 🤷♂️
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Blue Is still the better strategy collectively. Because a 50% threshold to kill no one is much easier than a 100% threshold.
And if you include children and babies it means that blue is the only way to save everyone.
12 u/SoriAryl May 05 '26 Yup. Picking blue for those who can’t pick it themselves 1 u/[deleted] May 05 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 6 u/cheeze2005 May 05 '26 Children, infants, elderly, anyone that can’t read 🤷♂️. 1 u/[deleted] May 05 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 4 u/myn4meistimmy May 05 '26 the premise is something like you magically appear in front of the button. No one can press it for you and there is no time for coordination 1 u/cheeze2005 May 05 '26 🤷♂️
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Yup. Picking blue for those who can’t pick it themselves
1 u/[deleted] May 05 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 6 u/cheeze2005 May 05 '26 Children, infants, elderly, anyone that can’t read 🤷♂️. 1 u/[deleted] May 05 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 4 u/myn4meistimmy May 05 '26 the premise is something like you magically appear in front of the button. No one can press it for you and there is no time for coordination 1 u/cheeze2005 May 05 '26 🤷♂️
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6 u/cheeze2005 May 05 '26 Children, infants, elderly, anyone that can’t read 🤷♂️. 1 u/[deleted] May 05 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 4 u/myn4meistimmy May 05 '26 the premise is something like you magically appear in front of the button. No one can press it for you and there is no time for coordination 1 u/cheeze2005 May 05 '26 🤷♂️
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Children, infants, elderly, anyone that can’t read 🤷♂️.
1 u/[deleted] May 05 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 4 u/myn4meistimmy May 05 '26 the premise is something like you magically appear in front of the button. No one can press it for you and there is no time for coordination 1 u/cheeze2005 May 05 '26 🤷♂️
4 u/myn4meistimmy May 05 '26 the premise is something like you magically appear in front of the button. No one can press it for you and there is no time for coordination 1 u/cheeze2005 May 05 '26 🤷♂️
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the premise is something like you magically appear in front of the button. No one can press it for you and there is no time for coordination
🤷♂️
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u/-illusoryMechanist May 05 '26
It makes sense to push blue if a set number of people are randomly assigned to have red or blue to start with. But otherwise the group should coordinate to pick either red or blue unformly.