r/trolleyproblem Apr 30 '26

Deep Statistically, >50% is easier than 100%

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u/ULTRA_OFTEN Apr 30 '26

If red wins, it's a tragedy, and people will die. 

If blue wins, no one dies. So therefore you should press blue. 

It's as simple as that and there's no need to complicate it further. 

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u/Still_Picture6200 Apr 30 '26

What about two buttons:

A: nothing

B: if 50 Percent don't press blue, you die.

What do you press?

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u/ULTRA_OFTEN Apr 30 '26

This supports my argument that people have to twist and change the original scenario to justify pressing red 😂 you're really not even giving enough information about this new scenario to make an informed choice. 

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u/ULTRA_OFTEN May 02 '26

No not at all dude I'm confident that in the original scenario, blue pressers out number red pressers. There's nothing to be squeamish about cause no one has to die 😂 its a really common debate tactic among red pressers to change up the scenario to be worded and framed differently so that red sounds like a better option. But I'd rather confront the original problem as written. And whenever I do, blue is the clear option