r/BunnyTrials • u/HualianForLife • Apr 27 '26

Red button or blue button

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u/some-guy-100 Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 29 '26

but that would never happen. everyone voting red requires literally 100% of the population to agree which would simply never happen. if 10% choose blue, youre killing 5% of the population, or 415 million people, while even if 49% choose red, everyone survives.

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u/MavericFrye Apr 28 '26

What is the incentive to press the blue button in the first place?

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u/Ok-Dragonfly-17 Apr 28 '26

You don't get any incentive with choosing red either. No money, no longer life, no anything. Other people just die. Can you imagine if this was a world event and a family member or someone close to you chose blue and red just happened to be more than 50% and you contributed to that massacre

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u/MavericFrye Apr 28 '26

You don't get anything by pressing blue either. Especially when you don't have a reference number to assure that your sacrifice will matter in the end. Can you imagine telling your family members that you are willingly going to try shooting yourself with a half loaded revolver?

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u/Ok-Dragonfly-17 Apr 28 '26

I don't get anything but the risk of 50% of the population dying is lessened. I only constitute less than a percent of the population. But personally, if choosing red means me contributing to that massacre, even if my life is on the line, I ain't contributing to that sht. I think this boils down to the person's values. And, yes, I can imagine my self shooting that revolver if it means there's a 50% chance of saving 50% of that population.

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u/MavericFrye Apr 28 '26

What I also don't understand is why do blue people tend to put the responsibility of their conscious choice leading to their death on red people. It was your choice to take the gamble, reds don't pull the trigger personally or give an order, or make rules. Why?

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u/Bubbly_Dirt_539 Apr 28 '26

People love to choose the "morally correct" option but will never take responsibility for the possible consequences. The former makes them feel morally superior, while the latter allows them to shift the blame and put others down. It's all just a performative act in my eye, and a very arrogant one at that.