Is there any widespread practice more futile than attempting to predict society's future relationship with technology?

You are in a plane crash in the Andes Mountains, not unlike those people from the movie Alive*. As such, you will be forced to consume the human flesh of the people who died on impact; this will be a terrible experience, but it is the only way for you to survive. Fortunately, you did not know any of the victims personally ( Read more... )

How would your views about war, politics, and the role of the military change if all future conflicts were fought by armies of robots (that is to say, if all nations agreed to conduct wars exclusively with machines so that human casualties would be virtually nonexistent)?

It is 1933. You are in Berlin, Germany. Somehow, you find yourself in a position where you can effortlessly steal Adolf Hitler's wallet. This theft will not effect Hitler's rise to power, the nature of World War II, or the Holocaust. There is no important identification in the wallet, but the act will cost Hitler forty Reichsmarks and completely ( Read more... )

You are placed in the unenviable position of having to compete for the right to stay alive ( Read more... )

If given the choice, would you rather (a) only abide by the rules and morals of society that you personally agree with, or (b) have the power to slightly adjust the rules and morals that currently exist (but these adjustments would then apply to you and everyone else, all the time)?

ermmmmmmmmmmmm.... puppies

You begin watching a new television series, and you immediately find yourself strongly relating to one of the supporting characters. You've never before experienced a TV character that seems so similar to yourself; this fictional person dresses, behaves, and talks exactly like you. And - slowly, over the course of ( Read more... )

I like this one.

You are offered a Brain Pill. If you swallow this pill, you will become 10 percent more intelligent than you currently are; you will be more adept at reading comprehension, logic, and critical thinking. However, to all other people you know (and to all future people you meet), you will seem 20 percent less intelligent. In other ( Read more... )

Go Giants!!

You have been wrongly accused of a horrific crime: Due to a bizarre collision of unfortunate circumstances and insane coincidences, it appears that you have murdered a prominent U.S. senator his beautiful young wife, and both of their infant children. Now, you did not do this, but you are indicted and brought to trial ( Read more... )

So much for the weekday plan. Oops? ^_^;;

Actually, I think this one's just as lame as the last one. But the ones after this are pretty good...

You work in an office, performing a job you find satisfying (and which compensates you adequately). The company that employs you is suddenly purchased by an eccentric millionaire who plans to immediately ( Read more... )