Board 8 > Do you press the heart button or the skull button?

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NeatoAnAccount
08/15/23 6:43:51 PM
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Every person on earth must press 1 of 2 buttons

If you press the heart button, nothing happens to you.
If you press the skull button you die unless >50% of the population presses the skull button, in which case nothing happens to you.

What do you press? And what did you press in the last topic (linked below for convenience)?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80536872

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Chaeix
08/15/23 6:47:34 PM
#2:


I voted heart but blue last time, noting I had not read the topic when I voted blue last time

i still regret none of my choices

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FFDragon
08/15/23 6:48:29 PM
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https://youtu.be/0XMrfDrbFRk

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Kenri
08/15/23 6:50:55 PM
#4:


removing the culpability factor definitely makes this an easier thought experiment

(heart blue)

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NeatoAnAccount
08/15/23 6:51:02 PM
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FFDragon posted...
https://youtu.be/0XMrfDrbFRk

lol found the skull voter

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Snake5555555555
08/15/23 6:53:13 PM
#6:


Heart, blue (though technically marked as a red voter due to the options not matching at the time...)

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Johnny_Eagle
08/15/23 7:02:07 PM
#7:


Heart. Never voted in the original topic

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NeatoAnAccount
08/15/23 8:54:21 PM
#8:


Followup question: do y'all realize that the skull button is basically the blue button, and the heart button is basically the red button?

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mnk
08/15/23 8:57:30 PM
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NeatoAnAccount posted...
Followup question: do y'all realize that the skull button is basically the blue button, and the heart button is basically the red button?

Yes, how information is presented to people will affect the way they react to it. I don't think that comes as a surprise to anyone.

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Snake5555555555
08/15/23 9:12:46 PM
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mnk posted...
Yes


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Forceful_Dragon
08/15/23 9:12:55 PM
#11:


Heart, Red

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paperwarior
08/15/23 9:42:04 PM
#12:


Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7ngDYFOGXw

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Kenri
08/15/23 10:02:28 PM
#13:


NeatoAnAccount posted...
Followup question: do y'all realize that the skull button is basically the blue button, and the heart button is basically the red button?
"basically" is doing a lot of work in this sentence

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NeatoAnAccount
08/15/23 10:22:29 PM
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Kenri posted...
"basically" is doing a lot of work in this sentence

What do you mean?

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Hbthebattle
08/15/23 10:48:29 PM
#15:


The difference is the first question draws attention to the fact that the red button kills people. This one doesn't. Functionally they're the same, but the framing means people feel less directly culpable.

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Lopen
08/15/23 11:01:58 PM
#16:


It's the same question but this one doesn't require you to think about how the rules work.

"Basically" yeah.

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Fiop
08/15/23 11:31:51 PM
#17:


How the question is framed will likely change the behavior for many of the 8 billion people doing this so knowing this, switching from blue to heart can make sense, even if the parameters are the same.


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Kenri
08/16/23 12:53:00 AM
#18:


NeatoAnAccount posted...
What do you mean?
You've changed which button contains the mechanism that can potentially kill people, which is a big difference to then say the buttons are "basically" the same.

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paperwarior
08/16/23 12:54:44 AM
#19:


Clearly you should press both buttons, red to ensure you don't die and blue to ensure everyone else doesn't

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BlueCrystalTear
08/16/23 12:57:04 AM
#20:


So this confirms what the right answer is, doesn't it?

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Lopen
08/16/23 12:59:32 AM
#21:


Kenri posted...
You've changed which button contains the mechanism that can potentially kill people, which is a big difference to then say the buttons are "basically" the same.

It's literally the same button. The description just says "you die" on the other button rather than "they die" on the red one.

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Lopen
08/16/23 1:00:55 AM
#22:


Like the only thing that changes is people aren't going to think they're doing some noble thing and press the blue button this time

The mechanics are exactly the same though. There just isn't a trap for dumb people in this one.

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azuarc
08/16/23 1:06:18 AM
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Lopen posted...
It's literally the same button. The description just says "you die" on the blue button rather than "they die" on the red one.

Lopen posted...
Like the only thing that changes is people aren't going to think they're doing some noble thing and press the blue button this time

The mechanics are exactly the same though. There just isn't a trap for dumb people in this one.

That certainly is a take.

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Kenri
08/16/23 1:14:58 AM
#24:


Lopen posted...
It's literally the same button. The description just says "you die" on the blue button rather than "they die" on the red one.
this is a pretty big difference my dude, i don't know what to tell you

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Lopen
08/16/23 1:16:39 AM
#25:


It is not "a take"

Map the results of every combination of people pushing each button red to heart blue to skull and the results are going to be identical with each exercise if people push them identically. This is undeniable

The psychology is different because people are not going to digest the meaning of the buttons the same so yes it's going to have different numbers of people choosing blue vs skull but yeah

This is red and blue with the answer key in front of you. "Basically" the same is pretty accurate.

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Lopen
08/16/23 1:26:01 AM
#26:


The funny thing is with these buttons the kids and mentally ill that everyone was so gung ho about saving last time are no longer being considered to try to save even though they'd probably be pushing the skull sometimes here too

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Robazoid
08/16/23 1:33:06 AM
#27:


Kid me absolutely would've pushed the skull button because skulls are cooler than hearts

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paperwarior
08/16/23 1:33:47 AM
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Some people in the other topic were pretty gung-ho about everyone who pushes blue deserving death

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NeatoAnAccount
08/16/23 1:41:08 AM
#29:


Kenri posted...
You've changed which button contains the mechanism that can potentially kill people, which is a big difference to then say the buttons are "basically" the same.

Not really. It's a matter of perspective which button actually kills people. Lots of the red voters were saying that the blue button is the suicide button, and I don't fault them for that perspective even though I disagree.

If the red button killed people last time, the heart button kills people this time. And if the blue button killed people last time, the skull button kills people this time. I picked those symbols and worded the question this way to prime you to think of the skull button as the death button even though the blue button is functionally the same.

Again, I'm blue/heart.

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Kenri
08/16/23 2:06:38 AM
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NeatoAnAccount posted...
Not really. It's a matter of perspective which button actually kills people.
If this was your intent you definitely phrased the premise poorly because "If you press the skull button you die" is pretty unambiguous!

NeatoAnAccount posted...
Lots of the red voters were saying that the blue button is the suicide button, and I don't fault them for that perspective even though I disagree.
In the same way one might say that it's suicide to provoke someone pointing a gun at you, yeah.

Again, in the other scenario, people dying is listed under the effects of pushing the red button, so it's pretty unambiguous.

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NeatoAnAccount
08/16/23 2:12:37 AM
#31:


Borrowing the wording from the original topic:

If >=50% of the population pushes the heart button, everyone who pushed the skull button dies
If >50% of the population pushes the skull button, no one dies

It's still the same thing, just phrased differently.

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Kenri
08/16/23 2:30:06 AM
#32:


Look, I understand your point, I just fully do not accept that there's no difference between dying and killing even if both lead to the exact same outcome. This shouldn't be a controversial position!

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Xuxon
08/16/23 3:03:15 AM
#33:


The other topic doesn't say killing, it also just says "dies." But there is still a difference here, it's that you're being told not to press the skull button, so of course it can't reach 50%.

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Kenri
08/16/23 3:35:29 AM
#34:


Xuxon posted...
The other topic doesn't say killing, it also just says "dies."
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/4/4/AAC4lPAADngU.jpg

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foolm0r0n
08/16/23 9:20:04 AM
#35:


Fiop posted...
How the question is framed will likely change the behavior for many of the 8 billion people doing this so knowing this, switching from blue to heart can make sense, even if the parameters are the same.
But why does framing matter so much here?

Because when done online with 0 stakes, the entire point of the question is virtue signaling.

If you did it in real life with actual lives on the line (and it's fully anonymous), where virtue signaling isn't a consideration at all, then question framing won't change anything. As long as it's clear which one lets you live, people will press it in similar proportion to this topic's poll.

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foolm0r0n
08/16/23 9:25:43 AM
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Kenri posted...
Look, I understand your point, I just fully do not accept that there's no difference between dying and killing even if both lead to the exact same outcome. This shouldn't be a controversial position!
The only person doing any kind of killing in these decisions is the mastermind.

The blue psychos from the last topic (plus Lopen) are the only ones trying to blame the reds for deaths, for some reason. (The reason is obvious - it greatly strengthens the virtue of pressing blue.) But this topic makes it clear how insane it is to blame the reds for the deaths even a little bit. And that the blues/skulls aren't at fault either - they just don't understand the situation and made a grave mistake.

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Lopen
08/16/23 10:12:55 AM
#37:


I mean I'm not really trying to blame reds for their deaths just saying that reds, even if responsible, would have to be insane to feel guilt over it and will do worse things than cause 1/10 or 1/5 of a death many times in their lives.

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Dark_Young_Link
08/16/23 10:23:38 AM
#38:


Heart
Blue

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GenesisSaga
08/16/23 10:56:32 AM
#39:


I'm a goth so I'm drawn to the button that has a skull on it out of morbid curiosity (get it, morbid curiosity? HA), but I understand that the skull is the blue button from the other topic and last time I picked red.

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NeatoAnAccount
08/16/23 12:22:24 PM
#40:


Something interesting: reds are overrepresented in this topic. The original was close to 50/50 but here "red in the original" is close to 60%. Why do y'all think that is?

On Twitter that seemed to be true as well, reds would answer more questions about this subject than blues would.

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Forceful_Dragon
08/16/23 12:26:53 PM
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Because the "blues" are the people who put less overall thought into the situation so they care less about further thought/discussion.

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Turducken
08/16/23 12:32:37 PM
#42:


NeatoAnAccount posted...
Every person on earth must press 1 of 2 buttons

What happens if I don't?

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foolm0r0n
08/16/23 12:33:23 PM
#43:


some % of blues have committed suicide between this and the previous poll

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catesdb
08/16/23 12:34:48 PM
#44:


the reds are riled up about whether or not they need to justify murder and are more likely to engage

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Kenri
08/16/23 12:43:45 PM
#45:


foolm0r0n posted...
The only person doing any kind of killing in these decisions is the mastermind.

The blue psychos from the last topic (plus Lopen) are the only ones trying to blame the reds for deaths, for some reason. (The reason is obvious - it greatly strengthens the virtue of pressing blue.) But this topic makes it clear how insane it is to blame the reds for the deaths even a little bit. And that the blues/skulls aren't at fault either - they just don't understand the situation and made a grave mistake.
I don't know why you keep trying to bring a 'mastermind' into this (actually, I do know why) but that's not actually part of the premise so of course it changes the premise when you add it. You are missing the point just as much as the "I would simply kill the villain who keeps tying people to trolley tracks" people are. Just something to think about.

This is the only time I'm going to respond to you about this until you drop your bizarre and annoying virtue signaling claim; just letting you know in case you start wondering if I blocked you or something.

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tcaz2
08/16/23 1:11:40 PM
#46:


Kenri posted...
I don't know why you keep trying to bring a 'mastermind' into this (actually, I do know why) but that's not actually part of the premise so of course it changes the premise when you add it. You are missing the point just as much as the "I would simply kill the villain who keeps tying people to trolley tracks" people are. Just something to think about.
Are you claiming that everyone pushing a button set the button and system of killing people up themselves? Because that's the only way they could possibly be held responsible.

The one missing the point is YOU. Every person is individually doing something that affects ONLY THEM. Each person is making a choice ON THEIR OWN. Any perceived responsibility one way or another is 100% entirely based on individual feelings and anyone claiming that another person should feel some way or another is straight up projecting in order to make themselves feel better about their own choice. It's the same amount of pigheadedness that people show when given the Monty Hall problem and refusing to switch because its 'their choice, and they're sticking with it' despite every rational argument pointing to the other choice being statistically better.
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Kenri
08/16/23 1:20:19 PM
#47:


tcaz2 posted...
Are you claiming that everyone pushing a button set the button and system of killing people up themselves? Because that's the only way they could possibly be held responsible.
It's a hypothetical situation it doesn't need to have been setup by anyone.

tcaz2 posted...
Every person is individually doing something that affects ONLY THEM.
In this scenario, yes kinda.

In the original scenario, definitely not.

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foolm0r0n
08/16/23 1:48:50 PM
#48:


Kenri posted...
This is the only time I'm going to respond to you about this until you drop your bizarre and annoying virtue signaling claim; just letting you know in case you start wondering if I blocked you or something.
I don't think I have talked to you this whole time so go ahead? Are you often able to win arguments with social pressure like this? (I've seen you post before, the answer is a resounding no)

Kenri posted...
In this scenario, yes kinda.

In the original scenario, definitely not.
Like you seriously don't get what's going on yet?

They're the EXACT SAME BUTTONS. In this topic, all he did was slap a skull sticker on the blue button, and a heart sticker on the red button. That's it. If you don't accept this basic premise how can you even hope to discuss further subtleties like statistics or virtue signaling?

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MacArrowny
08/16/23 1:59:13 PM
#49:


you should make another poll

red button, everyone who uses the term "virtue signalling" seriously lives

blue button, everyone who uses the term "virtue signalling" seriously dies

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Xiahou_Shake
08/16/23 2:14:44 PM
#50:


I just want to say I adore how easy it is to spot Zero Escape players in these conversations.

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