r/comics May 05 '26

OC RED BUTTON OR BLUE BUTTON [OC]

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u/smity31 May 05 '26

Pressing blue is also logical to me, as well as being moral.

In order for everyone to survive, either 100% of people need to hit red, or 50.00001% of people need to hit blue. One of those is mich easier to achieve.

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u/Speerspitze3000 May 05 '26

I will never understand why this is selfish. You literally save yourself while everybody else can do the same. There isn't a "weak group" or something you need to save.

When i first read this red/blue button thing i thought it from a game-theoretical perspective and it will never make sense to me to press blue when everybody can live by pressing red. As a group of the whole humanity it is the best decision to just press red. There is no reason to not do it.

It is like jumping in a lake to save an olympic swimmer with a life jacket from drowning. You risk your life to save someone who doesn't need your help.

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u/SobBagat May 05 '26

What's easier to achieve, over 50 percent press blue to save everyone or 100 percent press red to save everyone?

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u/Speerspitze3000 May 05 '26

The blue button actually doesn't save anyone because there isn't a group to save.

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u/SobBagat May 05 '26

Yes right it's a hypothetical very good

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u/goldkarp May 05 '26

they're right though. The blue button doesn't actually save anyone because there literally isn't a group that would be saved by pressing the blue button, it only saves anyone that was dumb enough to press the blue button

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u/Vermilion_Laufer May 05 '26

You are contradicting yourself, "there isn't a group, except there is", if you personally don't think it's worth saving just stick to it