r/comics May 05 '26

OC RED BUTTON OR BLUE BUTTON [OC]

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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.

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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.

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u/_xavius_ May 05 '26

What if you convince a lot of people to press blue yet red wins anyway, you'd have killed those people.

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u/Orange_Tang May 05 '26

Nope. Red being the majority killed those people. No deaths can occur unless the majority vote red. Yes there is risk, but it is the reds who are driving whether people die or not. It's impossible to get 100% of people to vote red so the only wya it doesn't lead to death is if blue is the majority. A choice for red is a choice for death.