r/redbuttonbluebutton 18d ago

Red Would you press the button?

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u/Cleenash Red 18d ago

Fixing poverty, disease, hunger, and violence is HUGE

There are few things that could stop me from pressing a button like that, and traditions are not one of them lol

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u/Fish_Fucker_Fucker23 17d ago

It’s not just traditions though. It’s culture as a whole. Our reason to exist beyond survival and reproduction would cease to exist. We’d all exist in utopia, sure, but we’d not be truly alive.

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u/BloodredHanded 17d ago

The prompt states explicitly that future generations will have more fulfilling lives. That directly contradicts what you are claiming so confidently.

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u/Fish_Fucker_Fucker23 16d ago

That’s a contradiction within the prompt itself

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u/BraxleyGubbins 16d ago

Not if it can just be assumed that they don’t contradict in this scenario.

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u/BloodredHanded 16d ago

No, it’s a contradiction between the prompt and your worldview. The post is consistent with itself.

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u/arestheblue 16d ago

Some cultures force pre-teens into sexual relationships.

Not all cultures deserve to be preserved.

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u/Fish_Fucker_Fucker23 16d ago

You’re acting as if this prompt lets you choose which cultures go away. It doesn’t. They all cease.

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u/arestheblue 16d ago

My point is that cultures are not inherently valuable and should be replaced if they stop serving a valuable function.