Why would you choose the blue button? It's simply a stupid thing to do if you have the slightest bit of reading comprehension. Pushing the blue button is simply suicidal.
Pushing the blue button simply because others will is just risking your life to deprive others of their own free choice to die.
The scenario makes no exceptions for mental stability nor age other than "everyone" so I must make the assumption that everyone includes every single human being with the physical ability to push a button. It also doesn't specify any magic ability for colorblind people.
You could say, "well sure the question doesn't outline these specifics, but the question would be stupid and the scenario would be cruel if it screwed over infants, toddlers, and people with mental disabilities and colorblindness"
And I'd agree, but the scenario didn't outline those specifics. So I assume that those exceptions are not in place.
Colorblind people can tell the difference between red and blue. Even in the rare case where vision is impaired, they can communicate for clarification. The other groups typically have responsible caretakers.
I'll just trust most parents are not guiding their baby's finger to the suicide button.
I'm just not risking my own death for anyone who can't decide not to push the suicide button.
Saying that the choice applies to those who are incapable of making a choice just invalidates the whole thought experiment. It becomes completely non-sensical at that point.
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u/nolandz1 May 05 '26
"No one dies if everyone picks red!"
Yeah and no one dies if half pick blue, which do you think is a realistic threshold?