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You mean their verbal endorsement of 'not pressing' is a pure signaling effect? Or that they have an actual policy of 'not pressing' but one which has been adopted for signaling reasons? (Or that the difference is moot anyway since the 'button' is very far from existing?)
Well I think most people care about (in ascending order of distance) relatives, friends, causes to which they have devoted themselves, the progress of science or whichever cultural traditions they identify with, objects and places of great beauty - whether natural or manmade. Putting all of this down to 'signaling', even if true, is about as relevant and informative as putting it all down to 'neurons'.
I meant that their claim (verbal endorsement) might be a pure signaling effect and not actually a reliable predictor of whether they would press the button.
I also agree that to say that something is a signaling effect is not saying very much.