Probably the one that says Press this button. The reverse psychology things seems to obvious for it to be the other one.
Poll: You wake up tied to a chair...
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I would ask the button which road leads to the kingdom of lies and -
Wait, wrong answer
Eenie, meanie, miney, THIS ONE
Wait, wrong answer
Eenie, meanie, miney, THIS ONE
Call out for someone, go over every funny memory in my head and don't bother holding back on laughter, shout out whatever else I might need to, have a wank, then eventually press the 'press this button' button.
Well, if I woke up tied to anything, my first priority would be getting my boner back under control.
After that, if there was really a button they didn't want me to press, they wouldn't put it that close to me to be able to press it. Perhaps the Mad Philosopher has struck again?
After that, if there was really a button they didn't want me to press, they wouldn't put it that close to me to be able to press it. Perhaps the Mad Philosopher has struck again?
After yelling and waiting for a few hours, I'd probably end up pressing the "Press This Button" button, simply because I'd figure that they are trying to use reverse psychology and make me press the DO NOT PRESS button. Chances are, though, that they would both do something equally horrible, if not release me.
Eeenie meenie, miney mo. Equally valid arguments can be made for either or neither button causing my death or release. Therefore, it is impossible to make a "right" choice. So if I absolutely have to push one, I'll pick at random. Otherwise, I'll just wait and see what (if anything) happens.
EDIT: Oh, and I know you said we can't break out of the chair, but since this thread is kinda ABOUT the possibility of defiance against a seemingly omnipotent and mysterious authority figure, I'm gonna try anyway.
EDIT: Oh, and I know you said we can't break out of the chair, but since this thread is kinda ABOUT the possibility of defiance against a seemingly omnipotent and mysterious authority figure, I'm gonna try anyway.
I wait patiently for my girlfriend to show up and tell her that I must have mispoken last night. I don't like being the sub, I'm the dom.
You may as well have added "No matter what choice you make it will be wrong" the amount your stacking the game o.o. I get your making it a thought experiment but it doesn't really test anything in it's current form other than "Would you follow an instruction from someone who has inexplicably captured you and made it impossible for you to escape regardless of what ideas/plans/training you may have"lacktheknack said:
To paraphrase Christopher Walkern in 7 Psychopaths "I'm not gonna run, but I ain't gonna fight. I guess I'm gonna die"
The point was "if forced, which button would you press", yes.CaptainMarvelous said:
And you'd sit it out and not press anything? A common answer, one I don't get.
Press the "press me" button. There is no logical reason to think one button is safer than the other, but for the fact that one button is designed to tempt you into pressing it. Ignore the temptation and pick the button that, if nothing else, has more reason to be safe.
Wait a second, isn't "DO NOT PRESS THIS BUTTON" and "Sit there until I die of dehydration" EXACTLY the same thing?
There is no third option.
There is no third option.
