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If you push the button, you receive 1 million dollars, but someone random you don't know, somewhere in the world, with no connection to you or anyone you know, will die. This can't be traced to you, and appears to be of natural circumstances. You:

Press the button
46.9%
Don't press the button
53.1%

5,984 votesFinal results

8:27 PM · Jun 17, 2019

Daniel Arancibia

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I would be very suspicious of this system. It seems very probable, for example, that by pushing the button I would be entering myself as a future 'to be killed' candidate by future button-pressers. My instinct would be to not get involved with something with these powers.

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Still might be worth it though, depending on how long you have. Many people would value their own life at less than $1million over a reasonable period like a decade.

DänielNöthing

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Morality isn't a matter of what we can just get away with. It can't be.

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You should do this poll at different dollar amounts. Be interesting to see how quickly the percentage changes with lower/higher amounts.

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Have you seen this? It's brilliant (much better than both the short story it's based on and the later film adaptation). youtube.com/watch?v=TBEC2A

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youtube.com/watch?v=y7rzIw

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A million dollars is not what it used to be

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