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@TrojanFever @lukachevichs @jeremytunney @steelers A liberal calling someone else a dumbass. The jokes write themselves. 😂😂😂
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@Loading404nf @isgoodactually @AniseNot All I’m saying is that her living and me dying is better than me living and her dying and I think most parents would agree. Therefore I think most parents pick blue so to save everyone, pick blue
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@TrojanFever @isgoodactually @AniseNot Is it? How many of your family members picked red with the thought of "all the adults in my family are going to pick blue, I need to pick red to take care of any of their kids who pick red"
Let's also, say your right that most people pick blue. Fantastic. That's great, it's good
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Ok but this test is announced suddenly. Everyone on Earth must take it immediately, including all children from 3yrs old on up
You are not with your children & cannot speak to them before the test is administered
Now what do you pick?
Tim Urban@waitbutwhy
Everyone in the world has to take a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press?
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@TrojanFever @isgoodactually @AniseNot I think this is true in the west. I think it's almost universally true with mothers..
What if your kid presses red?
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@Loading404nf @isgoodactually @AniseNot I think you’re misunderstanding my post. I’m not claiming high ground. “Everyone” includes kids. If I press red and my kid presses blue and dies I’ll have had a hand in it. Hence my comment about parents pressing blue
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@TrojanFever @isgoodactually @AniseNot Yes I absolutely disagree. I don't want other people to die, I didn't make them press blue.
I don't have kids yet, no, you having a child does not give you a high ground.
I don't trust most adults to know that red guarantees their safety.
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@Loading404nf @isgoodactually @AniseNot You disagree? Do you have kids? Im not trusting my 4 yr old to understand that red means she's safe.
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@Loading404nf @isgoodactually @AniseNot People with young kids will always pick blue. If you understand that you should pick blue too unless you just want a large % of the population to die
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@TrojanFever @isgoodactually @AniseNot Amongst members of an online space with no real repercussions, primarily among English speakers in Western society.... By a few percentage points.
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@CoGs61963545669 @JustinMacmahan @DogHydra25 No, the argument is some of us have young kids and im not leaving it up to chance
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@JustinMacmahan @DogHydra25 Their argument is that a substantial number of people are too retarded to understand the question and that we are obligated to commit suicide next to them.
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The majority of people pressing blue is the epitome of virtue signaling. 100% of people should just press red and guarantee survival. There’s absolutely zero reason for anyone to press blue, but these sheep think it’s the virtuous choice so they vote for it anyway
Tim Urban@waitbutwhy
Everyone in the world has to take a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press?
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@AniseNot There's not enough kids to tilt the vote to Blue. Children under 10 are only 16% of the global population, and that's including babies and toddlers.
So your premise changes nothing. Blues will still die no matter what you do. Do you join them, or not?
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@Gabriel78470020 @AriDavidPaul The problem is you dont understand that "everyone" includes kids... im not relying on my 4 yr old to understand this and choose red. Its not that people are sub80 iq. Its that you didnt fully understand the parameters
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@AriDavidPaul There’s no reason to select blue unless you are sub80 IQ goyim. Genuinely shocking how many voted Blue. Shows how easily people can be programmed by words. If he asked “Pressing Blue = 50% chance of dying, Pressing on Red = 0% chance of dying”, everyone would vote red.
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As a game theory question, it’s boring and easy. As a political question, it’s fascinating and reveals a great deal about why democracies struggle.
Superficially, blue looks like the collectivist, selfless, moral answer. And as you’d expect, plenty of people not only assumed that to be true, but moralized aggressively at those who understand that’s not factually true.
Anyone who picks red is guaranteed to live, including if everyone does it. It’s objectively the better and more moral choice for most and to recommend to others. Blue is a kind of stochastic suicide button.
Tim Urban@waitbutwhy
Everyone in the world has to take a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press?
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@Diatribe333 @Drjusmar @mykola The question doesn't say that those who can't understand the question at all must vote. It's absurd to postulate automatically that understanding the question itself is unnecessary to play the game.
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Ah this one again. To my dear rationalist friends who are so confused as to why anyone would press the blue button:
I don't want anyone's blood on my hands.
"But if everyone just presses red then everyone lives" yeah but that's also true for blue, plus no complicity in murder.
Tim Urban@waitbutwhy
Everyone in the world has to take a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press?
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@brianski71 @lukachevichs @jeremytunney @steelers I didnt ask you a question dumbass. Nice reading comprehension 😉
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@TrojanFever @lukachevichs @jeremytunney @steelers Why in God’s name should I need to answer to some piece of shit Cubs fan about a dumb tweet from almost a decade ago? 😂🤡
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@lukachevichs @brianski71 @jeremytunney @steelers This thread got brought up again. I notice he still never answered lol
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@JustinHeilman @J_Sheets08 @NeightFSU @jmarshfof How is it you think that this helps your case that they panicked? Nothing in this video helps you
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Are there seriously people that think the Eagles moved up and the Steelers just sat there confused for eight minutes? That’s a real narrative? I’m probably more critical of the Steelers than most people and even I think that’s ridiculous.
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Risk your life to save people who can’t think critically, or press the button that ensures you live along with anyone else that can rationally think. 🤔
Tim Urban@waitbutwhy
Everyone in the world has to take a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press?
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@CrimsonDragoro @CincinattusC @jareidz @waitbutwhy Backpeddling? Wtf are you talking about? And I was talking about like babies or toddlers bub. Either way you took this way too serious and can fuck off
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@TrojanFever @CincinattusC @jareidz @waitbutwhy Nope he cant,
I thought you just said the kinds coulndt understand, that makes a person incapable of making decisions.
Funny you adding to it like its your hypothetical and then backpeddling when I join that game
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Everyone in the world has to take a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press?
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@CrimsonDragoro @CincinattusC @jareidz @waitbutwhy I’m assuming he can talk and make a decision that way but idk not my hypothetical
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@TrojanFever @CincinattusC @jareidz @waitbutwhy So what happens to the guy that is fully paralyzed and cant hit either button?
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@CrimsonDragoro @CincinattusC @jareidz @waitbutwhy Because kids won’t understand this and might pick blue.
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@CincinattusC @jareidz @waitbutwhy I am assuming everyone can see that picking blue is picking a 50% chance of death. Picking red is 100% safe. Red are not picking to kill blue, they are just wounding why anyone would take a chance of death for no reason.
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@WiseGoGlobal @9Sling @marcthiessen Your bias is glaring. You wont state that gerrymandering is bad. Its only bad if the other side does it.
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@9Sling @marcthiessen If you want to start over or have a Constitutional Convention, do it. Maybe we need reform? Maybe we need 1 Rep/each county?
But within the current system,
ENFORCE the existing laws.
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USA & TO THE REPUBLIC…” the laws of states/territories.
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The people in that little circle are disenfranchising the people in the rest of that map.
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@Linkers64 @stacycay @Apayauq1 You tripping down instead of just admitting you were wrong is quite expected.
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@Linkers64 @stacycay @Apayauq1 I'm not struggling to grasp anything. That pic was taken when Trump was in office. The OP said it was "during Obama" which is factually untrue and it even has a CN. Again... you can make a point without lying about when the pic was taken. Not sure why you're failing to understand
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@TrojanFever @stacycay @Apayauq1 it means Obama was still responsible for the situation even if that photo was taken right after he left office. Bush was still responsible for the housing market, and Trump was still responsible for the Covid recession. I dont know what youre struggling to grasp
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