Remember when I said my next proper entry would be from Doha or HK? I lied ^_^

[dancingpuppet]

Even though it's a meme I consider this as a proper entry as Mel's questions are quite interesting ^_^
Feel free to ask more random questions btw :o

1)Imagine that you are employed by the court and it is your job to decide whether people are innocent or guilty of a crime. The only tool that you have to help you decide is a very advanced computer.

Comments

[evil_mel]

Good answers! Maybe I did get No. 1 from Philip K. Dick - will have to ask Christian (official PKD expert) about that!

The problem with the dilemma is that is that this hypothetical machine would never spit out a card that said 100% It would always be 97% or 99.9999999% because there'd always be a chance the suspect was innocent - even if they were caught red-handed and 1000 people claimed to see them do it. I've asked other people this question and I was absolutely horrifed when they said 75% or 50%. It always seemed like the more right-wing always gave lower percentages.

[chi_ryu]

1%, tbh. But I'm a Nazi, clearly XD

The question sounds very Dickensian (no, not the guy who wrote "Our Mutual Friend"), but it doesn't seem to tally with any PKD I've read. Then again, there is some that I still haven't read, shamefully.

Immanuel Kant, anyone?

[bardyspoon]

That first one is a very good question :o

To me the "rational" answer would probably be "more than 50%", but the sensible answer would be more like (meta-analysis FTW) "A society fucked up enough to come up with such a system to deal with criminality is probably more guilty as whole as any so-called criminals, so I'd give it -556Gs and would say everyone is innocent, whatever the numbers point at. Fuck the system and break the rules. Power to the people and viva la revolution, comrades

Re: Immanuel Kant, anyone?

[evil_mel]

thank you!

[evil_mel]

Can I have some questions please?..

[dancingpuppet]

hmmm ok but later, need to think of some good ones... :o

[darlojo]

Me too plz :o

And those ones were good actually

[dancingpuppet]

1) If you could change one thing in this world what would it be and why?
2) What's your happiest memory of 2G6 so far?
3) Where would you live in London if you could afford to live anywhere you want?
4) When do you think your life will reach its peak?
5) What's your oldest clear memory?

If any question isn't clear enough just tell me and I'll try to explain a bit more :o

[chi_ryu]

Is the cat alive or dead?

Both, until you open the box.

my current outlook on life is way too cynical

I'm not you, nor am I 14, but I'd like to remind you that your current outlook is way too cynical. Well, slightly too cynical at least.

Just like I like green because it comes from blue

Eh? I don't understand... doesn't Green come from Cyan, not blue (assuming we are talking subtractive colour here)...?

[bardyspoon]

Both, until you open the box
And then probably very pissed off if it's the former ;)

I'm not you, nor am I 14, but I'd like to remind you that your current outlook is way too cynical. Well, slightly too cynical at least.
As far as I'm concerned, I don't think I can possibly be more cynical now than my angry bitter november 1996 teenage self :o (feels like another life, quite frankly O_o;)
But I also don't think one can possibly survive in this world without at least a little bit of cynism. Ah well... lief ^_^;

Eh? I don't understand... doesn't Green come from Cyan, not blue (assuming we are talking subtractive colour here)...?
Yeah, you're right, Rachel is no RGB / CMYK expert obviously ^^;

Des goûts et des couleurs...

[dancingpuppet]

Yeah, you're right, Rachel is no RGB / CMYK expert obviously ^^;

Right, and I've nuncaer used MSPaint in my life either, and I've obviously nuncaer used colours that weren't the default ones...

When answering the question I was thinking of traditionnal colours mixing. And as I said above, Cyan is just one kind of blue in my book. Now don't ask me which blue I prefer because I just like them all.
Now, if I had answered this question the geek way I might have said my favourite colour was "#007BA7" or "青" the faggy way...

Re: Des goûts et des couleurs...

[chi_ryu]

青

Now, that *is* quite faggy ;p

[meteao]

I think I'd go between 99% and 100%, on the idea that 100 is never possible. I'd probably pick something liek 99.9999% The one in a million shot of innocence seems good enough. I mean, I know that sucks for the odd innocent person convicted, but it would be extremely rare, and society as a whole would be worse off if absolutely no one was convicted. This is so long as there is no death sentence. If there were a death sentence involved I wouldn't convict even if the card did spit out 100%.

[dancingpuppet]

If there were a death sentence involved I wouldn't convict even if the card did spit out 100%.

Same here obviously, for many reasons...

[chi_ryu]

I only need one reason, tbh.
I don't believe that I have the right to sentence another person to death - unless they are tring to kill me first, of course.

[dancingpuppet]

That would be reason number one indeed, but a close second would be my strong belief in redemption ^^

[chi_ryu]

PS, questions plx (and one day I'll give mine to the people that asked for 'em XD)

[dancingpuppet]

kk but laterz cause going to bed now ^^

[chi_ryu]

I can't complain since it'll probably take me till after the weekend to write mine to other people :)
Nightz.

[dancingpuppet]

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