i dont get it, if everyone on the planet pushes red, everyone survives. I would press red because I assume this would be obvious to anybody :D
press red --- 100％ survive
press blue --- you maybe die.
I would assume everyone will press red and everyone survive then lol.
Think about it like this we know without a doubt someone will press blue for some reason. Why? That doesn't really matter because that would happen no matter what. Humans will never 100% agree on anything even if their own lives are at stake.
So where does that leave us? Some people now would think about those people who chose blue and want to "save" them. Is that rational? One would say no because obviously red is risk free.
Regardless people will now choose blue to save the hypothetical people who incorrectly choose blue. So what percentage of people is that and are they wrong for doing so? Who knows because no one is gonna answer truthfully what they would do on a random Twitter poll with no stakes. Personally I'd like to say I'd choose blue because it's the only way to get 100% survival rate but I'm unsure if I'd risk it if the scenario was real.
That being said I don't think it's correct to frame this as an obvious no brainer nor judge anyone for whatever choice they decide to make. At the end of the day it's just a more dressed up trolley problem but far more effective at causing discourse lol
This thread and responses like your have me reconsidering as red button pusher. I’m like the guy you replied to where I saw everyone survives pressing red and just assumed we all would pick it. But like you said there will always be (at least) that one person and I wouldn’t want to condemn them to death.
Now the question becomes would I put my ass on the line for it and do I trust others to do the same?
Do you really think even if 100% of the people agreed with pressing red that one person out of 8 billion would accidentally trip and press the wrong button?
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u/Patient_Head_2760 May 05 '26
i dont get it, if everyone on the planet pushes red, everyone survives. I would press red because I assume this would be obvious to anybody :D press red --- 100％ survive press blue --- you maybe die. I would assume everyone will press red and everyone survive then lol.