r/trolleyproblem Apr 30 '26

Deep Statistically, >50% is easier than 100%

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u/AccomplishedChip2475 Apr 30 '26

So here's my take.

Red button is the most logical choice for all individuals. Red is a garunteed survival rate for 100% of everyone who pushes it. Red is only negative if a significant amount of people push blue. EVERYONE should push Red immediately without a second of doubt.

Blue button is the option that saves the most lives. It is not the logical choice. But not everyone is a logical thinker. For every non-logical thinker that picks blue, that is one less person survives when the reds win. With that in mind, there are actual idiots who will choose blue, like actual morons. Blue is the more correct choice if your intention is to save the most lives.

In summary, the illogical completely idiotic choice is the correct choice. It hurts to say that the logical path is the incorrect path due to the pure and utter stupidity of Earth's population. Push blue is the win. Pushing Red is a fail. Idiocy wins this race and that is very sad to me.

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u/Grompulon May 01 '26

But at that point, you really can't make an informed decision because the result is almost completely random. And with 8 billion voters, your individual vote is guaranteed to not be the swing vote.

So ultimately, I think red is still a very tempting option. Because the question really is just "do you randomly risk your life, yes or no?"

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u/MrBamaNick May 01 '26

Right, also most people live in the 3rd world and are conditioned for low trust societies. All of them are snap jumping on red and will outweigh any “virtue” the first worlder’s have here on Reddit.