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Of course the framing affects how people vote. The thought experiment demands we use the framing as given. Some people might reason themselves into your analogy
by empthought 5mo ago
Of course the framing affects how people vote. The thought experiment demands we use the framing as given. Some people might reason themselves into your analogy, others won’t.
- bennettnate5 5mo agoSo is your general take on the problem that because the way it's worded (blue => "everyone survives", red => "only those who press red survive"), enough people would choose blue that therefore the empathetic/moral thing to do would be to also choose blue to save them? I can get on board with that line of reasoning
- frotaur 5mo agoYes! There is an excellent video on the subject, though it is in french (https://youtu.be/lo7iJnq_U9M?si=FFz6iHI_W4lz9V8D https://youtu.be/lo7iJnq_U9M?si=FFz6iHI_W4lz9V8D) He did extensive polling with different framings to see how these affect the outcome.
- rayiner 5mo agoIn the Slashdot days, I suspect the weight of views would be on the side of "remove the warning labels, let Darwin sort it out." Interesting change in "hacker" culture.