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View Poll Results: If her songs come on the radio, what's your reaction?
"GODDAMN IT" and change the station 18 26.47%
"NIIIICE the new Kelly Clarkston Song!" 23 33.82%
I put up the windows to my car and sing along 17 25.00%
I sing along with the windows open 10 14.71%
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Old 10-23-2006, 04:09 PM
Fiksdal Fiksdal is offline
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You've been captured by a sadistic maniac.

He takes you into a room where he holds 10 other people captured. He gives you a revolver, and tells you that if you do not pick one of these 3. choices within 20 minutes, the 11 of you will all be tortured for a week, and then die.

1. Shoot yourself.
2. Pick one of the other 10, and shoot that person.
3. Shoot everybody but yourself.

What would you do and why? I kinda made up my mind, and might eventually reveal what I myself would do.

(PS: I know this problem is just sick, and I understand if this post doesn't get any replies.[img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img])
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Old 10-23-2006, 04:11 PM
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Default Re: This one kept me from paying attention the rest of philosphy class

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You've been captured by a sadistic maniac.

He takes you into a room where he holds 10 other people captured. He gives you a revolver, and tells you that if you do not pick one of these 3. choices within 20 minutes, the 11 of you will all be tortured for a week, and then die.

1. Shoot yourself.
2. Pick one of the other 10, and shoot that person.
3. Shoot everybody but yourself.

What would you do and why? I kinda made up my mind, and might eventually reveal what I myself would do.

(PS: I know this problem is just sick, and I understand if this post doesn't get any replies.[img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img])

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Shoot the sadisticmaniac?
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Old 10-23-2006, 04:13 PM
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Default Re: This one kept me from paying attention the rest of philosphy class

Does option 2 guarantee my release?
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Old 10-23-2006, 04:14 PM
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Default Re: This one kept me from paying attention the rest of philosphy class

im basically asking for any volunteers, and then I will simply kill whoever looks the oldest person to me.( Im really young btw)
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Old 10-23-2006, 04:15 PM
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Default Re: This one kept me from paying attention the rest of philosphy class

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Does option 2 guarantee my release?

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No matter what option you choose, anyone alive after your shot(s) will be released.
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Old 10-23-2006, 04:23 PM
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Default Re: This one kept me from paying attention the rest of philosphy class

Why would I do anything besides option 2?
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Old 10-23-2006, 04:32 PM
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Default Re: This one kept me from paying attention the rest of philosphy class

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Why would I do anything besides option 2?

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Or at the VERY least why would anyone choose 3? Seriously, anyone who chooses 3 needs to be kicked in the balls.
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Old 10-23-2006, 04:41 PM
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Why would I do anything besides option 2?

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QFT. Shoot the person with the lowest life expectancy/no people who care about them/quality of life.
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Old 10-23-2006, 04:44 PM
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Default Re: This one kept me from paying attention the rest of philosphy class

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Why would I do anything besides option 2?

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Because some people, including me, can't picture themselves actually killing another person. Plenty of the girls also were quite sure they wouldn't do it, even if it was to save their own life.

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Or at the VERY least why would anyone choose 3? Seriously, anyone who chooses 3 needs to be kicked in the balls.

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Agreed... This one guy in my class though, argued that he thought it would be impossible to pick just one of them, and then look that person in the eyes. And that killing himself was out of the question.
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Old 10-23-2006, 04:46 PM
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Does option 2 guarantee my release?

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No matter what option you choose, anyone alive after your shot(s) will be released.

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Option 2. Easy.

What is the insight about this hypothetical?
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