04-08-2009, 07:02 PM
I had a friend run this scenario by me earlier today and found it interesting.
Here goes:
You have one of three options to choose from in the following case. (To not provide an answer at all means all three scenarios play out.)
1- A small commuter plane crashes killing all on board. Members on the flight are your immediate family- spouse; children; parents, siblings, your closest friends. About 20 people, give or take, given on your present situation.
2- A jumbo jet crashes killing all on board. There are about 750 Americans on the flight- including women and children, but all people you don't know or have any direct connection too.
3- All the inhabitants of Mexico City are killed in a devastating earth quake that although kills hundreds of thousands within the city limits, does not hurt anyone else.
So, there you are. Do you choose your family and immediate loved ones?
Do you choose 750 random to you, U.S. citizens (knowing they too have family and loved ones that will grieve their departure)?
Do you choose many, many thousands (if not millions) of Hispanics, snuffed out by a terrible act of nature?
Remember, to do nothing causes all three scenarios to come to past.
I'm working on memory here, so I'm hoping I didn't miss an important detail, although I don't believe I did.
What would YOU do? Which of the three above scenarios would you activate to prevent the other two from also materializing?
Here goes:
You have one of three options to choose from in the following case. (To not provide an answer at all means all three scenarios play out.)
1- A small commuter plane crashes killing all on board. Members on the flight are your immediate family- spouse; children; parents, siblings, your closest friends. About 20 people, give or take, given on your present situation.
2- A jumbo jet crashes killing all on board. There are about 750 Americans on the flight- including women and children, but all people you don't know or have any direct connection too.
3- All the inhabitants of Mexico City are killed in a devastating earth quake that although kills hundreds of thousands within the city limits, does not hurt anyone else.
So, there you are. Do you choose your family and immediate loved ones?
Do you choose 750 random to you, U.S. citizens (knowing they too have family and loved ones that will grieve their departure)?
Do you choose many, many thousands (if not millions) of Hispanics, snuffed out by a terrible act of nature?
Remember, to do nothing causes all three scenarios to come to past.
I'm working on memory here, so I'm hoping I didn't miss an important detail, although I don't believe I did.
What would YOU do? Which of the three above scenarios would you activate to prevent the other two from also materializing?