Instigator / Pro
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1500
rating
29
debates
50.0%
won
Topic
#6721

Press the red button

Status
Voting

The participant that receives the most points from the voters is declared a winner.

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Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
5
Time for argument
Two days
Max argument characters
3,500
Voting period
One month
Point system
Winner selection
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
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1500
rating
0
debates
0.0%
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Description

If everyone in the world was teleported to separate rooms and everyone had to take part in a private vote, either choosing red button or blue button.
If more than 50% of people press blue, everyone survives. If more than 50% of people press red, everyone who presses blue die.

Round 1
Pro
#1
If everyone doesn’t know what others are doing, as much as we would like to be able to work together and trust one another, we can’t. We should not trust almost 9 billion strangers to determine our lives if we don’t know them and they don’t know us. The option for red is automatically live no matter what. While yes the majority can try to get blue, we can’t guarantee it will happen, everyone can guarantee their own survival if they hit red, so why not hit red and solve the problem that doesn’t need to be there.
Con
#2
You have pointed out the nature of man, by measuring the wisdom of each choice, and relating the intelligence required to choose RED.
Subsequently, the smallest portion of any people can critically think, leaving the important choices examined and rejected. In demanding A or B, a human being will accepts some numbers but must know the vast billions means 100% blue will be pushed first most of the time, by a phrasing(and mistake). A great advantage. As outsider's observe  a new village from afar, watching the people is desired. If a phone app is the button, all the more blue.  In closing; Look, around the world 10 x 10 ppl will push blue first because it's designed to trick peoples. It's human nature.
Round 2
Pro
#3
Your argument overly relies on human nature Instinctions. This is a problem however because you can never know for certain any given humans ideas or thoughts. If you and one random person on earth were teleported in a room randomly and were asked that only one of you can leave, you will defend your life, it is designed with us, and ignores what made us humans literally with evolutionary instinct. The bystander effect is a physical way of showing how humans will prioritize their lives over others, it’s in our dna. So i would not be so quick to assume that humans will choose blue automatically, thus why people will guarentee their survival by choosing red, essentially avoiding a problem that doesn’t even need to be there.
Con
#4
Forfeited
Round 3
Pro
#5
Woopy shwoopy
Con
#6
Forfeited
Round 4
Pro
#7
I like dogs and all that
Con
#8
Forfeited
Round 5
Pro
#9
Whooped doo
Con
#10
Forfeited