That tweet is the second worst thing Tim Urban ever did to me, lol.
I don’t think the blender scenario is quite equivalent unless it’s specified that the blender is off until everyone’s choice is revealed. And people do tend to be reticent about changing parameters too much.
I do love the charts and parameterization! That “regions” graph is quite good as well, articles like this say something useful about the question rather than just bicker about it ceaselessly.
Everyone must press a red or blue button. If you press red you will survive. If you press blue you will survive if, and only if, more than 50% of people press blue. Everyone receives the same instructions.
I suspect that with that framing the red vote would increase significantly.
That tweet is the second worst thing Tim Urban ever did to me, lol.
I don’t think the blender scenario is quite equivalent unless it’s specified that the blender is off until everyone’s choice is revealed. And people do tend to be reticent about changing parameters too much.
I do love the charts and parameterization! That “regions” graph is quite good as well, articles like this say something useful about the question rather than just bicker about it ceaselessly.
An alternative to the blender framing:
Everyone must press a red or blue button. If you press red you will survive. If you press blue you will survive if, and only if, more than 50% of people press blue. Everyone receives the same instructions.
I suspect that with that framing the red vote would increase significantly.