I don't get how so many people say pressing red is the right choice. Yes, if everyone presses red then nobody dies, but the same is true if everyone presses blue. But if almost everyone presses red, a lot of people die, and if almost everyone presses blue still nothing happens.
It would be funny if nobody dies but this was just a test if you are capable of large scale coordination - and everybody who presses red just looses their vote in society.
The simplest answer is: are you willing to bet your life on the fact that 50% of people on earth won't press red? For one reason or another, the reason they press red doesn't matter. For you, pressing red is safe, you risk nothing. Pressing blue is Russian roulette.
Ironic that despite the poll leaning blue, the replies to that post are full of people being as provocative and cynical as they can be, cheering on the death of everyone who didn't vote like them and smugly flailing around their perceived 'superior intellect'. It seems that for many people, voting red isn't just about protecting yourself at all costs, but wishing to kill the others.
Some people that pick red might just think that everyone will pick red. Then everyone survives. In a way it could reflect a positive view of humanity. Plus they wouldn't die. You'd need to pick red to make sure you're still alive to kill them all.
> Some people that pick red might just think that everyone will pick red.
Yes, isn't that always the excuse? "The others are bad so I'm justified in being bad".
But seriously, I am way more uncertain than I first thought. Basically the only reason to choose blue is because you know that a lot of people will do it, so that in order to save their life you choose to put yours at risk.
You'd have to factor in what percentage of people don't understand that if everyone picks red they all live. What percentage of people think that amount is more than zero, then what percentage of those people are willing to take the risk to save those people. Then what percentage of people are willing to take the risk to save the people that took the risk. And so on. Then if you care enough to take the risk yourself.
Why would you risk killing anyone? To save yourself; while knowing that your decision doesn't preclude any/everyone from saving themselves, and no one dying. Maybe you'd be the only person that chooses blue if it was a real scenario and each voters life was really on the line. Everyone saves themselves and everyone lives. Not saying it's the right or wrong choice.
It would be funny if nobody dies but this was just a test if you are capable of large scale coordination - and everybody who presses red just looses their vote in society.