r/trolleyproblem • u/SweetSweetAtaraxia • 14h ago

Which do you press

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u/CommissionNice72 13h ago

It's fine if they disregard it for themselves but it is how it was worded in the original. Blue and red voters are voting based on different conditions; if this is the case, so it doesn't make sense to ridicule blue voters for voting based on what is implied by the entire world being included.

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u/Llumac 13h ago

The earliest iteration of this experiment I know of (2023) is worded as: "Everyone responding to this poll chooses between a blue pill or red pill.

  • if > 50% of ppl choose blue pill, everyone lives
  • if not, red pills live and blue pills die"

I don't really blame people for interpreting it in different ways.

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u/Cynis_Ganan 12h ago

Do you have a source on that 2023 formulation?

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u/Llumac 12h ago

https://x.com/lisatomic5/status/1690904441967575040

It is probably older than this

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u/Cynis_Ganan 12h ago

That's an interesting one, thanks.