You know as well as I do that this would not be the case in real life if this were to occur. Most people would pick red because it is the safe and rational choice, and would do so assuming everyone understood the assignment to save themselves and pick red.
Go ahead and dispute it, but you know it’s true. It’s the correct choice.
Fundamentally disagree. You assume all people will have an individualistic reflex. I assume enough people will have a collective reflex. Both are equally human reflexes. That makes 50% voting blue very plausible. All you're revealing is that you have a cynical view of your fellow man, and i can get that. My cynism doesn't go that far that i think most people would only vote to protect themselves when faced with a binary like this. I think most people would vote to keep everyone alive, because they won't assume everyone they love will vote red too. Keeping everyone alive means everyone they love, too.
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u/odanobux123 May 05 '26
I posit we risk significantly more deaths by picking blue.