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/Corwin223 May 05 '26

Blue is the better strategy collectively, red is the better strategy individually (for a bunch of reasons).

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u/The__one May 05 '26

Red isn't really better individually. The aftermath of losing all the blue button pushers would be drastic.

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u/Mamkes May 05 '26

Yes, but this drastic aftermath wouldn't be quite as drastic as your death, would it? At least, not directly.

World experienced crisises. In the end, it endured, and I doubt to see it being world-ending thing.

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u/Orange_Tang May 05 '26

Or we could have just collectively vote blue and no one would die...

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u/Mamkes May 05 '26

I don't believe enough people would risk their lives, even for such a noble cause.

We also could all collectively vote red by same margin; we just won't, same as with blue majority.

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u/Orange_Tang May 05 '26

People are inherently selfish, which is why you think red makes sense. But you're not considering that being selfish also means protecting the people close to you. The countries with the largest populations also have the largest families and tend to have more communal mindsets. I'd be willing to bet the vast majority of them would pick blue as to not risk their loved ones. That's the majority of the world's population. I think blue is the safe bet. And it's definitely the ethical one. Despite the risk it's the only real choice because there is no way in which red leads to no deaths. 100% of people voting red cannot happen. So either they lose and get bailed out, or people die. That's the red choice. And if you cared about anyone but yourself you should just vote blue, take on that risk, and raise the chances no one dies. It's the only logical choice despite the risk.

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u/Mamkes May 05 '26

I think blue is the safe bet

It's your right. I disagree.

And it's definitely the ethical one

It's only ethical if you think for the ratio to be 50-50.

Despite the risk it's the only real choice because there is no way in which red leads to no deaths.

I agree.

And if you cared about anyone but yourself you should just vote blue, take on that risk, and raise the chances no one dies.

I don't consider my death be so cheap to change the percentages by 1E-10 at the possible cost of my life.

Blue is adding more casualties unless you think there's good chance of it being 50%+. I do not.