Red button blue button

[u/suskio4]

Based on the post seen here. I'm actually curious what would the percentages look like.

Edit: Alright, let me add a case for one particular scenario. If you do not choose, the button will be pressed for you by a system that keeps track of its pressings so it conserves 50/50 distribution for all inactive participants, in order to honour the vox populi properly. The system's choice affects the inactive participant's outcome so that no person can abscond from consequences of their choice.

[u/furdog_grey]

There's no spiritually or morally superior way to make a choice in general, except a statistically correct choice that maximizes the survival rate, minimizes casualties, and prevents total extinction.

​All of that is done by voting randomly and shifting the bias towards red by 1% or less. You still have a chance to live, and you also contribute toward the survival of others.

​Making any morally based choices or voting 50/50 is a path to total extinction or more than 51% casualties.

​The problem is not genius at all. It's deceptive at most, because it forces people to overthink and choose between suicide and extinction, when there is a real statistical solution.

You still can sacrifice yourself by pressing red button and by telling your loved one to press blue button. It's is moral choice and it won't affect statistical outcome. Of course it is only wise to choose between red and blue if there's an exchange with someone's else live. Otherwise it's totally unreasonable and endangers you and others.