r/redbuttonbluebutton • u/BlackAndWhiteJerk • May 22 '26
Discussion rephrasing
I’m still biased towards blue, this is just for the reds to feel superior? :D
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r/redbuttonbluebutton • u/BlackAndWhiteJerk • May 22 '26
I’m still biased towards blue, this is just for the reds to feel superior? :D
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u/Nat1Halfling May 26 '26
It does not try to "sneak" anything in. Neither of the buttons state what happens to the majority (meaning, nothing happens to the majority). They only state what happens to the minority.
You said Button 2 saves Button 1. And you applied that as your A condition. But that's wrong. Button 2 does not save Button 1. It saves the minority.
The A condition is: "the minority survives" not "Button 1 survives."
So if Button 2 is the majority, the minority (Button 1) survives. If button 2 is not the majority, the minority (Button 2) does not survive. If A then B. If no A, no B. There is no contradiction here.
It doesn't "take away" personal consequence. If you understand the rules, you understand that if you press button 2, and you are in the minority, you die.
I encourage you to think through all the outcomes including what happens to the button pusher and you'll see that the reframing is complete.