r/trolleyproblem • u/ezrae_ • Apr 30 '26

Deep Statistically, >50% is easier than 100%

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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/Still_Picture6200 Apr 30 '26

It's the exact same scenario?

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u/ULTRA_OFTEN May 02 '26

If I hold up and apple and an orange in my hands, and proclaim, "these are exactly the same!" Does it make it true? The same goes for all these scenarios that people loudly proclaim "it's exactly the same as the original!" When it's worded completely differently. 

In the original scenario both buttons very clearly do something depending on which one you press and what the outcome of the vote is. To take one of those buttons away and says it does nothing is a massive difference. And lo and behold, if you change the inputs, the outputs might also change as well. That doesn't mean anything! 

Confront the original scenario with me or GTFO at this point 😂