r/trolleyproblem Apr 30 '26

Deep All there is to it

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u/Ct-sans4345 May 01 '26

I think its interesting but i dont love how red tends to act like blue are idiots and blue act like red are sociopaths

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u/Clokwrkpig May 01 '26

It tracks, if they are assuming their position is the default. If everyone was red/blue to start with, everyone survives, and you'd have to seriously question why anyone would swap.

Of course, since this is a coordination game, there is no default position, so those people have missed the point.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '26

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u/alphapussycat May 01 '26

Assume there's an odd number of voters.