If more than 50% press blue, everyone survives. Red pressers always survive

Re:If more than 50% press blue, everyone survives. Red press... by empthought on Sunday April 26, 2026 @04:33PM (#47914067)

Of course the framing affects how people vote. The thought experiment demands we use the framing as given. Some people might reason themselves into your analogy, others won’t.

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Re:If more than 50% press blue, everyone survives. Red press... by bennettnate5 on Sunday April 26, 2026 @04:48PM (#47914256)

So is your general take on the problem that because the way it's worded (blue => "everyone survives", red => "only those who press red survive"), enough people would choose blue that therefore the empathetic/moral thing to do would be to also choose blue to save them? I can get on board with that line of reasoning

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Re:If more than 50% press blue, everyone survives. Red press... by rayiner on Sunday April 26, 2026 @07:27PM (#47915941)

In the Slashdot days, I suspect the weight of views would be on the side of "remove the warning labels, let Darwin sort it out." Interesting change in "hacker" culture.

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Re:If more than 50% press blue, everyone survives. Red press... by frotaur on Sunday April 26, 2026 @05:12PM (#47914547)

Yes! There is an excellent video on the subject, though it is in french (https://youtu.be/lo7iJnq_U9M?si=FFz6iHI_W4lz9V8D)

He did extensive polling with different framings to see how these affect the outcome.

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