100 Things - #10
Jul. 11th, 2012 11:51 amToday's question comes from ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
stormwreath: Somebody gives you a time machine, set for a single journey into the past and back, and a gun with one bullet. Who do you kill?
Well, the go-to answer to this one is obviously Hitler, but that seems too easy, because everybody says Hitler, so it doesn't require any thought. Well, I suppose it requires a little thought:
Then again, people usually pick Hitler for good reason. And people will totally judge you if you don't:
But... there are other people who might be better to eliminate, if it's strictly a numbers game. If we're trying to maximize the lives saved, shouldn't we consider all the options?
Of course, chances are, the question is moot because there are a lot of ways that, despite my best efforts, it could go horribly wrong. Like this:
(Why, yes, I did just avoid answering the question in order to spam you with time traveling Hitler assassinations. What of it, Internets?)
stormwreath: Somebody gives you a time machine, set for a single journey into the past and back, and a gun with one bullet. Who do you kill?Well, the go-to answer to this one is obviously Hitler, but that seems too easy, because everybody says Hitler, so it doesn't require any thought. Well, I suppose it requires a little thought:
Then again, people usually pick Hitler for good reason. And people will totally judge you if you don't:
But... there are other people who might be better to eliminate, if it's strictly a numbers game. If we're trying to maximize the lives saved, shouldn't we consider all the options?
Of course, chances are, the question is moot because there are a lot of ways that, despite my best efforts, it could go horribly wrong. Like this:
(Why, yes, I did just avoid answering the question in order to spam you with time traveling Hitler assassinations. What of it, Internets?)
