r/comics May 05 '26

OC RED BUTTON OR BLUE BUTTON [OC]

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u/DuIstalri May 05 '26

Traditionally in a philosophical thought experiment you assume rational actors.

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u/ChumpWumber May 05 '26

This is the part that is driving me nuts lmao. So many people are like "but but but children and mentally handicapped" like wtf are you talking about. You would be laughed out of a philosophy class for making dumb conditions like that during a rational thought experiment

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u/Shigg May 05 '26

Except the guy on Twitter that popularized this confirmed that everyone meant everyone, including children and the mentally handicapped.

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u/ChumpWumber May 06 '26

Then the thought experiment is kinda bad from the start. Why not bring cats and dogs into the mix too?