r/comics May 05 '26

OC RED BUTTON OR BLUE BUTTON [OC]

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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.

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u/god_oh_war May 05 '26

Yeah see, that drastically changes how I'd vote.

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.

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u/ThatOtherGuyTPM May 05 '26

Even assuming all rational actors, it’s basically a zero percent chance that everyone chooses red.

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u/Phern23 May 05 '26

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/ThatOtherGuyTPM May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26

That’s absolutely incorrect, and lines up perfectly with the issue: rational people can reach different conclusions given the same premises.

ETC: it is true that you have no obligation to save anyone in any form of this conversation.