Thought experiment currently making the rounds:
Every adult on earth is transported to a room on their own, and they are required to press one of two buttons, red or blue. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone lives. If more than 50% of people press the red button, then everyone who pressed the blue button will die. Do you press the Blue Button?
IMO there is an objectively right answer, but I’m hoping for a little faith in humanity today.
Do you press the Blue Button?
Yes
No
This hypothetical is fairly old, but it gained a lot of attention from the public after a tweet was made about it
The person who made the tweet later retweeted someone who ran their own polls that showed that if you present the same hypothetical with different wording, it changes which button wins
Just ran this for a room of conservative Christians at work, and the results came back at 3-2 in favor of red. I said "wow, so if we did this for real using just this room, X and I would be dead. And it came down to one person."
