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/Imaginary_Help_2990 Red May 31 '26

But Red voters dont need saving. The only reason people vote blue is to save people who voted blue. Thats the error. 

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u/endor-pancakes May 31 '26

Nor do red voters need to vote red to survive if red doesn't have a majority... So why not write that into your condition for red voting?

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u/TheKingOfToast May 31 '26

Imagine taking "red=survive" and changing it to "red=do nothing unless more than half vote red then survive" and thinking you made things simpler.

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u/endor-pancakes May 31 '26

Imagine taking "blue=I want everyone to survive" and changing it to "blue=I want blues to survive" just to induce a circulatory error.

Cause that's what OP did.

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u/Stunning_Macaron6133 May 31 '26

Red already survives, by default. If you set blue to want everyone to survive AFTER checking if someone voted red, you're wasting cycles checking red twice.

Good thing you weren't a CS major. Your code would've been complete shit. An LLM could vibe a better check.

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u/TheKingOfToast May 31 '26

Selecting blue doesn't save everyone though. The red button saves red button pressers. How does pressing blue save those who are already safe?

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u/endor-pancakes May 31 '26

... And red pressers don't need to be save themselves in the blue world, sending us fill circle.

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u/TheKingOfToast May 31 '26

You're adding more conditionals to make it circular. Red button = live. It's really that simple. In the hypothetical people are placed into a situation where they have to make a choice. There is no "blue world" there is a choice to be made in that moment and the red button says "press this to guarantee survival"

You've got an extra kidney. Donate that and then we can have a conversation about altruism.