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by ano-ther 1040 days ago
At time of writing, this is 65 blue, 35 red.

My instinct was to choose blue, but thinking about it, red is the safer choice with 100% survival rate.

Am wondering if it is the phrasing. For blue it only mentions “live”, but red also mentions “dies”.

> 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

1 comments

Yeah I think the results would be different if it were phrased in terms of consequences to the individual:

If you choose red pill, you are guaranteed to live. If you choose blue pill, you will die if less than 50% of people also choose blue pill.