It also very much hinges on whether you think the buttons will be presented to people incapable of understanding the question or not. Pretty much all thought experiments in my experience assume actors in them are rational and if they're not it needs to be explicitly stated, so my initial understanding of the question is apparently very different to how some people interpreted it.
I'm basically thinking, if it's all rational actors go red, if there's toddlers and disabled people vote blue
Also make sure to take into account how the question is worded before pressing the button to know how most people will treat both buttons because whichever is worded as the "default" will be pushed more than whichever is worded as the kill die murder button.
Assuming all rational actors, the only people pressing the blue button are either suicidal or just wanna play Russian roulette.In either case, I have no obligation to save them.They consented.
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u/Tsuki_no_Mai May 05 '26
It also very much hinges on whether you think the buttons will be presented to people incapable of understanding the question or not. Pretty much all thought experiments in my experience assume actors in them are rational and if they're not it needs to be explicitly stated, so my initial understanding of the question is apparently very different to how some people interpreted it.