Thought Experiment?

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Professor Moriarty

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Thought Experiments, anyone up for it?

I just had a great idea. How great you say? So great that only I could have thought of such a great idea… that’s how great!! Yah I rock like that…

Anyway if things go well, and the idea catches on I’ll be posting a new one every week. If anyone has an idea for the thought experiment just PM it to me and I’ll post it the next Monday. If things don’t go well… well then, oh well…

Pros:

It’s fun!
We’ll learn how we all react to situations differently.
You get to use your imagination!!!!
There is no right or wrong answer. Just have fun.
Everyone can play!

Cons:

None.
 
Week One.

Week One.
October 5, 2009


You just wake up.

You are feeling very groggy.

You can tell that there are bright lights all around you even though you haven’t opened your eyes yet.

You are seeing vague flashes of the past, but other then that you can’t remember who you are.

The only memory you can keep within your mental grasp is that of you killing your favored son turned evil.

You hear a loud mechanical grinding, and venture a peek.

You are attached to a huge metal throne.

There are wires attached from the throne to your naked body.

There are fluids being pumped to the throne from your body.

There are fluids being pumped from the throne to your body.

You see a ring of worriers surrounding the throne.

The Worriers are huge donning little but loincloth, and huge metal spears pointed in your direction. None of them have noticed you waking.

What do you do?
 
Clearly this is a nightmare, so I go back to sleep and try and REALLY wake up next time.

OR,

I start telling a story about the time I went to the convenience store to get some chips, but all they had were stale Doritos, and I couldn't decide whether to get them anyway, and then I saw they had Bugles and thought maybe I get those instead, since they were my favorite snack as a kid.... and so on until the worriers have been bored to death.
 
well i would be hoping that this was a dream, but to play along with this, i will tell you what i would do if this ended up being real life.

First, I'd panic. This would bring attention to the fact that i am no longer unconcious, but i'm not sure i'd honestly care as i'd be freaking right out.

Next I would be hoping that they spoke english or at least could understand it roughly.

Then I would start bombarding them with questions. Like Why am I here? what do you want? Who am I? etc until i can vaguely get answers. If i am not dead by this point they wanted me alive for something and I'd figure out what that was and who I was and if necessary, find a way to escape if i found i didnt belong

How's that for an answer!!!
 
I'd instruct my subconscious to go on vacation and quickly help with the packing. (Great Idea, Prof)
 
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I would just accept that every action has a consequence. I have killed my own son (albeit an evil one :S), and what ever punishment these guys are willing to dish out to me - I will accept it. I would just hope that my 'sacrifice' was worth it.

Wow... you got me thinking there!
 
Hey Kansas, Wouldn't that be " Beam me up Scotty?" lol
My answer is:
Feing being unconscious, gather as much information as possible before letting them know I was awake. Hope that the worried people are concerned for my welfare because I just saved them from a great evil
 
No, actually I meant to say "Beam me DOWN Scotty" because I figured that if that really happened to me I'd have to already be pretty high and in need of coming down!
 
I did listen to them, SB, and didn't do them either! However, if the scenario that the Professor described was really in my head, I would assume I had thrown caution to the wind!
 
Wow! HR Gieger. One of my favorites. Yes. Pretty much out there. I would have to say that I'd stop wandering around in one of EM Escher's buildings...
 
In reality - I would think that was one He**uva seizure.



More fun - I would tell them that I was a God sent to rule them and if they did not listen I would turn them into politicians.

The stuff running into me is obviously some really good beer. (brats anyone)
 
I don't know bout that being such a threat, half of them are paid way to much for doing way to little! Plus the "perks" that come with holding public office. Tell them they're all going to work at McDonalds with J Edgar Hoover as the boss lol
 
Definition of politics:
Poly=Many Tics= annoying blood sucking creatures that are hard to remove.

....enough said!
 
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