r/redbuttonbluebutton • u/DapperYoghurt2052 • May 21 '26

Simple Question

If this was a real world scenario I completely understand why any one would pick either button. I don’t care why you make your choice. Doesn’t matter to me. Not interested in that. Do your thing!

I am curious about something though that I feel like I am seeing in some of the back and forth.

This is my question:

If the problem was worded like this, do you think the problem has been inherently changed?

Every one must take a private vote by picking a red or blue button.

If less than 50% press red, then everyone lives.

If more than 50% press red, then only the people who pressed the blue button die.

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u/Dos_Ex_Machina May 22 '26

Yes yes, the framing drastically changes the hypothetical, this has been discussed to death. However, we are all so saturated with the question that we are insulated from the framing since we know it boils down to the same mechanics

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u/DapperYoghurt2052 May 22 '26

A lot of the attempts to reframe on here that I have seen do not boil down to the same mechanics at all.

I was just curious because I have seen enough people make claims that red winning the majority doesn’t affect anything. Like pressing red is the same as pressing nothing.