The Big Red Button

The following presents you with a choice:

You walk into a room. For the purpose of this hypothetical scenario the location, features, and your familiarity with the room are disregarded, as otherwise things would become exponentially more complicated.
Now, in the middle of this ambiguous room is a Big Red Button. This Big Red Button is resting on a rather dull platform about 1.5m above ground. You have absolutely no idea what the button does, having never seen it before.

And now the question:
Do you push it? Why or why not?

Well its a big red button, but its red for a reason: So people can see it clearly and not push it because its obviously important because its red and all that funky jazzz. XD

So yea no. :P

Well it depends, if it is a shiny red button, yes, if not, no.

i'd push it several times just to make sure it was thuroghly pushed :)

Depends what type of button... does it click after you push it... or is it squidgy, shiny, flat, raised... ooh yay buttons ^_^ And what shape is it?

a big squishy one which clicks is shiny and shaped like a toaster

wow. which side of the toaster . BLATENTLY LEFT . CLICK IT CLICK IT CLICK IT

I like buttons.

what if the button said pull? woulf you still try to push?

mind blowing... :o