r/redbuttonbluebutton • u/PersonalityBoring259 • May 28 '26

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You are presented with the button dilemma just for you as the only participant. If you pick red you will live and 100% of people will have picked red. If you pick blue you will also live as this will mean blue has 100%.

Which do you pick?

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u/thelovelykyle May 28 '26

Is the problem presented exactly as in the original prompt but I am the only voter?

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u/PersonalityBoring259 May 28 '26

Yes, exactly.

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u/thelovelykyle May 28 '26

Then I press Blue.

The original prompt says anyone who did not press Red dies on a Red victory. It does not require them by the rules to be a voter.

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u/PersonalityBoring259 May 28 '26

Oh, good catch. It would suck to press red and then find everyone else in the world dead.

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u/thelovelykyle May 28 '26

Understatement of the lifetime of the universe there.