The Red Button, Blue Button hypothetical is incredibly stupid and I wish I could just stop seeing it everywhere
Heya! So, for the past couple days, it's been basically impossible to escape this hypothetical question: "Everyone in the world has to take a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press?" Everyone on the same page now? Good? Alright, the reason i think its stupid is basically the following: It's doesn't say anything. Anywhere I see this question asked, its taken as this grand choice about your view on human nature or whatever, but like... There's no real life parallel to this. Whatever your opinion on this may be is completely meaningless, it says precisely nothing about the kind of person you are. It's an incredibly non-specific situation that could literally never happen, and the answer I'd wager most people would pick varies wildly based on the surrounding circumstances. For example,…
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