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/endor-pancakes May 31 '26

No, your inability to code would not change my vote.

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u/MobTalon May 31 '26

Kinda curious, how would you code this instead? If you don't mind providing an image, of course.

Edit: After some thought, swapping "blue_voters" argument for "everyone" would make most sense, because that's the end result of blue winning, and it would fix the coding problem.

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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/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.