Silly.

Everyone will press the red button and everyone will survive.

zahlman 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yes, that's (overly reductively stated) the point of TFA. Except for the part where it was highlighting a survey result to the contrary, and explaining why this is irrational and doesn't likely reflect what people would actually do.

The idea behind claiming you'd choose the blue button is to appear noble and altruistic, I suppose; but I struggle to even understand that instinct. Risking one's own life to possibly save the lives of others who are demonstrably completely capable of saving themselves doesn't strike me as particularly noble.

	▲	empthought 8 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> this is irrational and doesn’t likely reflect what people would actually do People are irrational. I guarantee it’s likely that a lot of people would actually do it. > The idea behind claiming you’d choose the blue button is to appear noble and altruistic. Not at all. If the majority of people can’t be bothered to press the button that says “nobody dies as long as half of the other people say nobody dies” rather than “you don’t die,” I’m happier not being around. It’s purely selfish and blue is a win-win.
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		Either I live with a restored faith in humanity, or I die and it's none of my concern.
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Jordan-117 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

>Everyone will not just. If your solution to some problem relies on "If everyone would just..." then you do not have a solution. Everyone is not going to just. At not time in the history of the universe has everyone just, and they're not going to start now.

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adverbly an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Good luck getting your 5 month old daughter to pick red when her favorite color is blue.

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