<![CDATA[THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: You are locked in a room and told you cannot leave until you press either a red button or a blue button.]]>THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: You are locked in a room and told you cannot leave until you press either a red button or a blue button. Which one do you press?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/dec2494f-85a9-4cd2-95f0-a84e8d0dcbf4/thought-experiment-you-are-locked-in-a-room-and-told-you-cannot-leave-until-you-press-either-a-red-button-or-a-blue-button.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 01:45:55 GMTSun, 03 May 2026 21:59:41 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: You are locked in a room and told you cannot leave until you press either a red button or a blue button. on Sun, 03 May 2026 23:01:14 GMT]]>@mcc

Let me read more on Bootstrap Paradox and Quantum Entanglement just to be sure. šŸ˜…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/ap/users/115930959045427278/statuses/116513130080745041https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/ap/users/115930959045427278/statuses/116513130080745041Sun, 03 May 2026 23:01:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: You are locked in a room and told you cannot leave until you press either a red button or a blue button. on Sun, 03 May 2026 22:53:59 GMT]]>@mcc I'm carefully pressing both simultaneously.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Mage_of_Chaos/statuses/116513101575435700https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Mage_of_Chaos/statuses/116513101575435700Sun, 03 May 2026 22:53:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: You are locked in a room and told you cannot leave until you press either a red button or a blue button. on Sun, 03 May 2026 22:44:52 GMT]]>@mcc red means stop, stop is good

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116513065719806406https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116513065719806406Sun, 03 May 2026 22:44:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: You are locked in a room and told you cannot leave until you press either a red button or a blue button. on Sun, 03 May 2026 22:34:06 GMT]]>@mcc we are all locked in the room. Blue is our only chance.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115945809317187742/statuses/116513023377171169https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115945809317187742/statuses/116513023377171169Sun, 03 May 2026 22:34:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: You are locked in a room and told you cannot leave until you press either a red button or a blue button. on Sun, 03 May 2026 22:22:00 GMT]]>@mcc

I'd ask the red button what pressing the blue button would do.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/davefischer/statuses/116512975764954361https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/davefischer/statuses/116512975764954361Sun, 03 May 2026 22:22:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: You are locked in a room and told you cannot leave until you press either a red button or a blue button. on Sun, 03 May 2026 22:18:44 GMT]]>@mcc Is it full of rats?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bakaq/statuses/116512962906604274https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bakaq/statuses/116512962906604274Sun, 03 May 2026 22:18:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: You are locked in a room and told you cannot leave until you press either a red button or a blue button. on Sun, 03 May 2026 22:17:26 GMT]]>@mcc
The purple button. If I get the timing precisely right, maybe hitting them both at the same time will make the button purple?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bsd.network/users/hypostase/statuses/116512957843360425https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bsd.network/users/hypostase/statuses/116512957843360425Sun, 03 May 2026 22:17:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: You are locked in a room and told you cannot leave until you press either a red button or a blue button. on Sun, 03 May 2026 22:15:45 GMT]]>@mcc Red is typically the color of warning...for example most warning type of road signs (at least in this country) are red...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gotosocial.social/users/unattributed/statuses/01KQQYJV9G3WZ2RHNANANNXXNQhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gotosocial.social/users/unattributed/statuses/01KQQYJV9G3WZ2RHNANANNXXNQSun, 03 May 2026 22:15:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: You are locked in a room and told you cannot leave until you press either a red button or a blue button. on Sun, 03 May 2026 22:12:34 GMT]]>@mcc Both, all day long.]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://farticle.cloud/notes/altw4ns21a2e32shhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://farticle.cloud/notes/altw4ns21a2e32shSun, 03 May 2026 22:12:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: You are locked in a room and told you cannot leave until you press either a red button or a blue button. on Sun, 03 May 2026 22:11:43 GMT]]>@mcc both, simultaneously

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/felipe/statuses/116512935345959782https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/felipe/statuses/116512935345959782Sun, 03 May 2026 22:11:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: You are locked in a room and told you cannot leave until you press either a red button or a blue button. on Sun, 03 May 2026 22:10:25 GMT]]>@mcc
Squid game is clouding my instinctive desire to be contrary and go blue.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://retro.pizza/users/bloognoo/statuses/116512930239440958https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://retro.pizza/users/bloognoo/statuses/116512930239440958Sun, 03 May 2026 22:10:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: You are locked in a room and told you cannot leave until you press either a red button or a blue button. on Sun, 03 May 2026 22:10:03 GMT]]>@mcc neither, i"ll wait it out. šŸ™ƒ

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://burnout.cafe/users/philou/statuses/116512928793417428https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://burnout.cafe/users/philou/statuses/116512928793417428Sun, 03 May 2026 22:10:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: You are locked in a room and told you cannot leave until you press either a red button or a blue button. on Sun, 03 May 2026 22:09:49 GMT]]>@mcc Iā€™d try to press both simultaneously just because Iā€™m me.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/cloudthethings/statuses/116512927901781120https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/cloudthethings/statuses/116512927901781120Sun, 03 May 2026 22:09:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: You are locked in a room and told you cannot leave until you press either a red button or a blue button. on Sun, 03 May 2026 22:08:46 GMT]]>@mcc Red usually means some sort of emergency, and if people are locking me in a room without my consent or any explanation, that constitutes an emergency in my book.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://jawns.club/users/skyfaller/statuses/116512923732832645https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://jawns.club/users/skyfaller/statuses/116512923732832645Sun, 03 May 2026 22:08:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: You are locked in a room and told you cannot leave until you press either a red button or a blue button. on Sun, 03 May 2026 22:01:47 GMT]]>@mcc

Red is kiki, Blue is bouba.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Orb2069/statuses/116512896290882114https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Orb2069/statuses/116512896290882114Sun, 03 May 2026 22:01:47 GMT