u/Calm_Signature_893

In the red vs blue debate, how much of the population is voting randomly?

I was discussing this with a friend earlier and I came to the conclusion that an unknown amount of people are picking randomly and that should probably render the question pointless.

All babies are randomly picking.

Many Mentally handicapped people are effectively picking randomly.

Elderly people may not be able to understand the prompt and are effectively picking randomly.

Certain disabled people may not be able to press the button they want or any button at all.

There are plenty of people who are straight up unable to press buttons.

Blind people couldn't read the prompt if it was written and deaf people couldn't hear it if it was spoken.

No more than 2 billion speak any given language so when presented with the prompt, the overwhelming majority of people would be picking randomly.

Etc...

It may seem pedantic but if the message is delivered to people in English then I'd feel much more confident that blue would win because most people are just being presented with a blue button and a red button and a prompt in a language they can't read. It's literally 50/50 and many surveys have been done regarding people's color preference showing that blue is overwhelmingly preferred.

On the other hand, if understanding and responsiveness is required for the prompt, and enforced via some form of magic, then I'd go red as I would have no reason to assume anyone doesn't understand the situation they're in.

Why would magic present the prompt to everyone in their own language and wake up coma patients so they could respond, but still hold all the babies hostage by not magically conveying the information to them in a way they can understand.

My answer would change based on the percentage of the population is pressing randomly. Am I reading too far into this?

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u/Calm_Signature_893 — 8 days ago