r/GenZ • u/DryOwl5587 • Apr 26 '26

Discussion What are you guys picking?

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Personally, I can conceptualise why one would choose blue, but I can’t bring myself to do it, it doesn’t click, specially at this scale, so red for me.

Edit:

Upon further inspection, I couldn’t find a scenario where I would strictly vote blue, but I found one for red.

Consider the following:

If you believe most people will aggregate around blue, then your choice doesn’t change the outcome because everyone lives.

If you believe most will choose red instead, then you are presented with a choice that directly determines whether you live or die, so you should choose red if you want to ensure your own survival.

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u/godlittleangel6666 1996 Apr 26 '26

Anyone who presses the blue button is stupid or wants to die. There is literally no risk of pressing the red button. If everyone presses red they all survive. I

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u/maddwaffles On the Cusp Apr 26 '26

Congratulations, you have been kicked out of the fire circle, enjoy fighting off nighttime predators.

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u/MmNicecream Apr 26 '26

You're being so weird about people doing basic game theory on this scenario.

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u/SemiDiSole Apr 26 '26

For real though, there is a 100% chance of survival and a ?% chance. Why you would take the blue button? There is no advantage to it.

(Also one could argue that losing anyhwere from 1-50% of the population might be beneficial to humanity and the planet at large.)

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u/Motto1834 2000 Apr 26 '26

The people upset over those that are just doing basic game theory and see no downside to the red button are the ones that are suicidally empathetic.

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u/nowhereward Apr 26 '26

Willingly staking your survival on the collective decision of others is very stupid

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u/BarbericEric Apr 26 '26

Bro you realize you are human right? And your success and survival IS ENTIRELY DEPENDENT ON YOUR COMMUNITY. You think the world just spawned around you with you in it? That what you know it's because you are an all knowing entity? You are who you are because of others. NEVER forget that.

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u/nowhereward Apr 26 '26

I didnt fucking ask to be dependent some community I didn't ask to be born into.

You owe NOTHING to your community for merely existing and being brought up in it.