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Thomas
@aviationdoctor.eth
Dwelling upon Moloch’s grasp on mankind caused the following weird thought experiment to pop up in my head. If every adult was handed a device with a big red button capable of ending humanity, how soon would someone press it? Then I realized the answer is probably, and depressingly, “right away”. The radical millenarianists, the psychopaths, the pathologically disassociated, anyone tripping balls, plus a few edgelords cosplaying as The Joker would all compete for the title. So a better question is: what percentage of people would press the button?
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Daniel Lombraña
@teleyinex.eth
I'm going to be on the positive side of things. Surviving is in our genes. It is what has got us here, so a button that will delete everything is something that someone will ponder quite enough before pressing the button. Yes, there will be people who will be willing to do it, but a lot will not. The main issue with this paradigm is that nowadays, people are not able to distinguish what's true and what's false. For this reason, I think a lot of people will press the button because they will not believe that it will kill everyone on Earth. This, we may need to add a condition that the person fully understands the implications of pressing the button. Under these circumstances, I guess only a low percentage will press the button because everyone will understand that there's no plan b to press the button.
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PhiMarHal
@phimarhal
I'm optimistic as well. Whatever the percentage, it's a minority. You can apply this to everything in life. Who's loud and noisy? Who spreads diseases? Who commits most of the crime? Most negative behavior volume originates from a few individuals, and there's strong overlap too. The many prosocials can overcome the few antisocials, all we need is good filter mechanisms.
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