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0 pointstroglodytetrain1mo ago0 comments

Its an interesting psychological test. Because, no, I don't agree, red is the moral choice and also the most rational.

Those who think the population is too stupid to behave in regards to their own self preservation might choose blue in an attempt to 'save everyone' and kill themselves.

Only one singular choice has zero risk of death, and its red. Everyone chooses red and we all survive.

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enoint1mo ago

Red does have risk: you’d be left in a world without things produced by the blue pressers. I suspect that’s red's food, water and shelter.

edit: specified who

throwaway1737381mo ago

If you think most farmers, construction workers, factory workers, and so on would press blue then you might want to actually get to know some of them and put them to this test. I don’t think many of them would willingly risk death on something so trivial as a button press. I’ve seen guys get rescued from falling off roofs but as written I don’t think many of the guys running to get their buddy out of his harness and on the ground are going to pick blue if you present it in a really clinical sense.

enoint29d ago

Sure, I can ask around. It's a drought here, so we're looking for things to talk about.

It's not really about the numbers, though, is it? The red button future is now a mix of game theoreticians, Objectivists, and people who like the color red. The proportion of parasites is up.

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