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> If the majority of people can’t be bothered to press the button It is not a matter of "can't be bothered". This is blatantly dishonest framing. > It’s purel
by zahlman 6mo ago
> If the majority of people can’t be bothered to press the button
It is not a matter of "can't be bothered". This is blatantly dishonest framing.
> It’s purely selfish
It costs nobody else anything. Literally all they have to do is also push red.
I said the idea is to appear noble and altruistic. Writing off alternative options as "selfish" is, inherently, doing exactly that.
- empthought 6mo agoYou didn’t even bother reading what I wrote. For me, blue is the purely selfish choice. Because I have no interest in living in a world where red wins a majority on this one. It’s not even a tough call.
- zahlman 6mo agoYou aren't interested in living in a world where people are generally unwilling to risk their lives for no benefit beyond the possibility of contributing to saving the lives of people who don't need saving (as they can trivially save themselves)?
- empthought 6mo agoOf course not.
- zahlman 6mo agoWhat would you do if you found out that this world were such a world? Because I sincerely think it is such a world, no matter what a Twitter poll says.
- empthought 6mo agoThe only way to find out would be for this thought experiment to actually occur, in which case I would do nothing, because I would be dead.