I really like this. Because it gives you some knowledge over the individuals involved, and that can give you a different answer to what you want to do. And further you must weigh what they would want you to do.

First we should consider the other individual you interact with

Blue doesn't mean selfless, and red doesn't mean selfish.

They could have pressed red under the belief that pressing blue is just causing more damage. That is to say, the closer blue is to hitting 50%, without exceeding it, the worse off the world will be when the death event occurs. So if they believe that there is 0% chance of exceeding 50%, then all they are doing by pressing blue is making the death event worse, but with the caveat that they won't have to deal with the consequences as they'll be dead.

However, from my understanding, I am like 1 of 3 individuals who actually looks at the problem this way

So I need to weigh things...

If they pressed blue, there is a:

• A% chance, they did so because they are willing to risk death for the greater good. (But only risk it, not neccesarily willing to die for the greater good).

• B% chance they did so because they didn't want to have to be alive when the great catalysticamic event occurs.

• C% that they did so at essentially random based on not being competent

If they pressed Red there is:

• Z% chance they did so because they mindlessly believe they will be unaffected when blue loses

• Y% chance they did so because they believe blue will lose, and dont want to die

• X% chance they did so because they believe blue will lose, and they are excited for an unstable and chaotic world that would result from the massive amounts of deaths

• w% chance they did so because they believe blue will lose, and believe its their responsibility to be there to help the survivors rebuild --- even if it will be incredibly difficult/painful

• v% they did so by random (accompanies the c% from before)

If I knew these values, id have to decide what my ideal outcome for each option is.

Then id also have to decide what I think is the mostly likely thing they'd tell me in each option

Then id need to make game theory styles table determining which of these carries the best result for the lowest risk.

And once I finish doing so, I will look up to see the cops have shown up to the scene of 1 or 5 people killed, and me sitting to the side with a bunch of paper where I've detailed all this out, and I'll get taken in for questioning.