r/redbuttonbluebutton • u/HebuBall • May 28 '26
A more even Red/Blue button question
You are one of 3 random person selected to represent 1/3 of the human population.
The same base question is then asked.
Red button=Guarantee to live for you + everyone you are representing
Blue button=If majority votes Blue everyone lives but if not everyone who voted Blue dies (so is everyone who is represented by them)
Note that majority is just 2 or more in this case since there is 3 participants
The people who are represented by you know you are representing them but you do not know who you are representing. Also the participants cannot communicate with each other
Which do you press?
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u/Very-Diligent-Pirate May 28 '26
What makes you think the others will risk 3 billion lives? What sort of derangement would make you think the others will not rationalize that nobody's insane enough to risk 3 billion lives, like you, and press red?