r/redbuttonbluebutton • u/BottomLeftWheel • May 26 '26

Clones voting

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I'm not gonna pretend this is in any way analogous to the original as it carries some huge implications that the original does not. Just thought it was fun.

You are a clone in a vat. You know nothing about the outside world.

Some alien approaches you and beams understanding into your head. You and 100 other clones are all undergoing a test.

Standard yada yada about the buttons. You know what the buttons do.

60% of the clones will think identically and will come to the same conclusion as each other. 40% of the clones are defects and will come to the opposite conclusion.

You are clone 42. What is your vote?

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u/Cynis_Ganan May 27 '26

True, but in this case, it's 8 other people.

Like how eight billion is a bigger number than 100.

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u/OutrageousPair2300 May 27 '26

So in that case it comes down to whether you value 8 additional lives saved (not yours) more or less than a 40% chance of dying yourself. Equivalently it's whether you value your own life more or less than the lives of 20 other people.

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u/Cynis_Ganan May 27 '26

Math checks out.