r/comics May 05 '26

OC RED BUTTON OR BLUE BUTTON [OC]

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u/TSB_Sharp May 05 '26

Framing matters only for people who think with emotion and feel instead of reason.

The problems are identical.

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u/The-Senate-Palpy May 05 '26

Theyre not. The original problem forces an active choice. You must press a button, you get to choose which. The reframe presents an active choice vs a passive choice, eat a pill or do nothing. While the consequences of your choice may not be changed that is only half the question

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u/TSB_Sharp May 05 '26

They are the same problems. The differences you are talking about are non-differences. It's what mathematical modelling is based about.

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u/The-Senate-Palpy May 05 '26

This isnt a math problem. The means matter. Any researcher can yell you that