eririri said: There is no explicit collaboration between the lolis, because all they do is make a random decision about whether to get up or not
I think it’s possible to make a very solid debate as to whether this counts as communication or not. I almost certainly think that most reasonable person grounded in reality will deem this as cheating, but hey, that’s why I’m not a famous philosopher yet.
However, I do love lolis and want as many of them to leave the room as possible, so let’s just go along with the presumption that this doesn’t breach any of Solip’s conditions, let’s consider the original solution again with this new perspective.
The original solution releases all pink-stamped lolis on the 50th night. That means on the 51st day, only red-stamped lolis remain. The original assumption is that because they cannot communicate in any way, they can never be certain that the their stamp is red. Thus, to avoid lewd things being done on their bodies, they will never leave.
However, what if they can actually stand up and hesitate before leaving as per Eririri and Programmargorp’s solutions? On the 51st night, they will know to all stand up and leave, because all of them can only see 49 red-stamped lolis. The reason why they will stand up is because they know that the stamp on their own forehead that isn’t red, everyone will simply stop leaving. By their personal logic, this will possibly result in one loli being stuck, but like xEmptiness pointed out, we as observers know that this method saves every single loli, not leaving a single one behind by the 51st night.
As we know, if we were to apply the Eririri/Programmargorp method straight off the bat, there is also the same possibility a loli that will be left behind. At the first glance, this seems like the better option, because it only takes one night and “you should assume that the lolis will be trying to leave as soon as possible”. However, there’s actually a very high incentive for the lolis to take the 51 day option over the 1 day option.
When you apply the 51 day option, each loli have immediate assurance that every pink-stamped loli they see will be able to leave the room. And immediately afterwards, every single loli will only see red-stamped classmates. If these lolis are truly cute, pure, and better than my waifu, they will immediately choose this option, because they’re selfless and have 100% visual assurance that every single classmate except themselves can be saved. This is because by the random number generator, all the Reds also will eventually leave. The only person that can be left behind is yourself, assuming that your stamp is a colour that's neither pink or red.
Given that in this room, “all their needs are all provided for and they are treated with gentle care and tenderness, as every loli deserves”, there’s no reason they wouldn’t opt to choose the method that takes 51 days but comes with visual assurance that everyone (excluding herself) will be saved over the 1 day method where the loli that could potentially be left behind is completely decided by fate. |