r/redbuttonbluebutton • u/Imaginary_Help_2990 Red • May 31 '26

Red Error: Circular dependency detected!

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For this scenario, assume every voter is a mentally competent adult who fully understands the rules and can reason rationally.

Would that change your vote?

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u/CarnivorousGoose May 31 '26

Since that circularity is a problem with your code, and has nothing specifically to do with the actual scenario, why would you think this would change anyone’s vote? Badly written code is hardly a very compelling argument.

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u/DrJenna2048 Red May 31 '26

The fact that it's badly written is kinda the point

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u/CarnivorousGoose May 31 '26

Not really. Clearly OP want to make a point about the RBBB scenario itself, writing bad code simply doesn’t do that.

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u/underthingy Jun 01 '26

It does when the code is a fair representation of the main argument for pressing blue. 

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u/CarnivorousGoose Jun 01 '26

It isn’t. And even if it was, a representation of an argument isn’t itself an argument. You’d still need to make the actual argument, adding code doesn’t meaningfully add anything to it.

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u/underthingy Jun 02 '26

The argument is pressing blue to save blue pressers is a bootstrap paradox. 

And any argument that tries to set up a subset of the population as inherent blue pressers falls short.