Conundrum's video: Against the Red Button Thought Experiment

Imagine a red button in front of you. If you press it, all life immediately disappears. The Red Button thought experiment asks, "would you do it?" I will not argue against nor in favor of pressing the red button, but rather I will criticize the thought experiment itself. Full text on my blog: https://figmentsofspeculation.wordpress.com/2024/03/31/against-the-red-button-thought-experiment/ Connect with me to stay in touch: Twitter: https://twitter.com/WackyConundrum And check out my blog "Figments of Speculation": https://figmentsofspeculation.wordpress.com Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:25 Introduction 02:14 No transfer to real world situations 03:47 No examining of our values 06:02 Why I don’t argue against pressing the red button? 07:29 Conclusion References The benevolent world-exploder. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_utilitarianism _benevolent_world-exploder Thomas Metzinger. Benevolent Artificial Anti-Natalism (BAAN). https://www.edge.org/conversation/thomas_metzinger-benevolent-artificial-anti-natalism-baan Simon Knutsson. The World Destruction Argument. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0020174X.2019.1658631 Brother Markus. Why Antinatalists Should Stop Talking About The Red Button by Andreas Möss(@Svankmajer) Read by Mark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT9TuAAqa34 Lawrence Anton. Why Antinatalists Should STOP Talking About The Red Button. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9GCSQhAwTo Lawrence Anton. Should Antinatalists Discuss the RED BUTTON? | Cosmic Antinatalist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w4pp1s5Tao Carnism Debunked. Podcast Episode 24 | Dr. David Benatar | Could Anti-natalism Harm Animals? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhwt2WOUQlY Thomas Moynihan. Solve suffering by blowing up the universe? The dubious philosophy of human extinction. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/solve-suffering-by-blowing-up-the-universe-the-dubious-philosophy-of-human-extinction-149331 Thought experiments: Survival lottery. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survival_lottery The veil of ignorance. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_position The violinist. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Defense_of_Abortion _violinist Trolley problem. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem