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Chinese would probably vote Japanese
China’s neighbours would for China
Majority white and black would vote for each other
And nothing we didn’t already know would be revealed
Also when an advanced race capable of killing the entire species says “you must” do something then I don’t think it’s racist to vote and I don’t think saying “none” is allowed because it defeats the purpose of the experiment
You really think the majority wouldn't vote for "none", given it's an option?
Even if one were to think practically about it (if we all vote none, they won't share the tech or whatever, for the sake of they hypothetical), wouldn't most people just choose a super small ethnic group?
Like sorry Inuits, hate to say it but y'all shoulda tried imperialism lmao
Based on the way the meme plays off, the only practical way to get the tech would show you value life over technology, hence the option for none, if it's not a consensus for none how could you expect that species to act responsible with the tech and hence the tattooing and leaving.
Right, that's what I was thinking : just try to pick the smallest race. I'm guessing the majority would try to do the same thing. Obviously you have people who hate other races, but I'm hoping that even if 30% have the same idea, maybe it limits casualties.. unless we're all allowed to Google though, I'm guessing most of us have different guesses as to what the smallest race is
The smallest race is "human".
If the aliens were to go through with actually eliminating the most voted "race", they'd wipe out everyone.
I feel like sensible votes wouldn't matter there are two many racists, it comes down to who the biggest population blocks are most racist against - and what counts as a race, like if it's from a list of like five or six races then it'll be different to having French and German rather than just European
I’m saying none wasn’t given as an option so it should be assumed to not be
People have to be aware of the small ethnicity so it’s going to vary by person
In the meme it says none is a choice tho
Rip I missed that
I read it as isn’t
Neither Chinese nor Japanese are a race. They’re the same race with different nationality
I feel like a lot of us (myself included) would vote for things that aren't races because we don't understand the difference
Maybe the whole concept of "human races" is unscientific anyways?
Inconceivable! Have you never seen a Chihuahua and a Doberman, or an American and... uh... bigfoot? fairies?... yeah, that, tooth fairies! 🙈
Good point. And aliens would probably come up with different "groups" anyway lol
There are a lot of people that treat it as such but if we tell them all SEA people are the same then I guess they would vote black
Well, if "none" wins then no one is killed and you get no technology. That's my interpretation at least.
Based on the fact they tattoo your answer afterwards, the only way you would have gotten technology is by voting none in a consensus showing you value life over technology, therefore your more likely to be responsible with it, vote on anything other than none and you have voided your ability to be responsible hence no technology. The fact this is not a more common interpretation is honestly disheartening.
By interpretation I just mean if I was there and I was assuming the aliens weren't lying about their intentions that's how I would take "none".
And I'm saying how that being such a common interpretation is disheartening. It should be more apt to apply that any sufficiently advanced being is going to value harmony not disorder which would lead to instability and eventual collapse, hence why it would be an apt litmus test to see if a society would be capable of responsibly utilizing any of their technology. The fact so many are just like "well I like tech" and someone's gonna say a group so I should say a small minority is extremely sad to see being a common take. I would hope more would recognize the implications behind such an ask, but I guess in this small sample size that's not the case.
Idk dude, I was raised Christian. I'm used to sufficiently advanced beings having totally arbitrary and often cruel intentions under the guise of being good.
I mean I had to deal with all the bs indoctrination of Christianity when I was growing up, but I definetly wouldn't assign those barbaric constraints as the motive behind a highly advanced alien species, religion was a blight from power hungry authoritarian people in the past. As I've stated I don't believe a society which has not mastered harmony with its own species and planet as capable to be that advanced. A greedy authoritarian society will tear itself apart before it ever reaches a "highly advanced" society. You could commit genocide and given enough time different races will be born again, bringing you into a repeating cycle of chaos. Look at how unstable any extremely religious area is on earth, you think that's going to create advanced societies? I sure as hell don't nor would I attribute such nonsense to a being capable of traversing the universe, one who understands the principles of physics and can unify them with the quantum mechanics is not going to assign unkowns to a god, they would investigate the mechanisms behind them and try to define them. That's a step above what we have rationally discovered and I don't attribute religion to rational beings, it's completely at odds.
But why would you not just take something someone tells you at face value? Besides, believing that interstellar beings are perfect and therefore lying about doing a thing you believe is bad is classic religious thinking.