Philospher's Puzzle - Page 2 - OzChess

**Jaydon** · 07-24-2010, 08:47 AM

Originally Posted by Axiom

that's more like it jaydon .

my thinking would be, what a generous eccentric billionaire he/she is !
and i wouldn't want to hurt their feelings so i would say i drank it , but really have thrown it down the drain .

No moral dilemma .
Why ?
Because a) the person is eccentric ( he probably loves this sort of thing , and is getting some sort of perverse kick out of it anyway )
b) he/she is a billionaire , so in their eccentric little way , they are giving back to the community .
c) a fool and their money are soon parted
d) they are not certifiably insane , just eccentric , so i wouldn't be exploiting them.
e) i was feeling fine at midnight , but awoke with a slight tummy upset , and my doctor advised me it would be unwise to ingest any poison .
f) in fact the doctor suggested that if i drank it at any time i could possibly die
g) i have the doctor's certificate and everything

oh and f) it would teach the silly duffer a lesson in reality !

I'd agree with most of that, I'd like to see the doctors certificate though

But I think the idea of not and saying you did is a good one. I still think this is a little easy so how about now the situation is the person in question only has 1.5 million. Sanity of said person aside, would you now feel more obliged to drink it?

**Iconoclast** · 07-24-2010, 02:12 PM

WHERE IS THE PUZZLE?

Intention.. Change.. Drink
y............ n............ y = Good.
y............ y............ n = Good. To others it looks like a lie others
y............ y............ y = Good, but gutless and someone forced forced you to drink
y............ n............ n = Good , so you must have had a reasonable excuse but, it looks like a lie others
n............ y............ y = Liar, but conscience took over
n............ y............ n = Liar, conscience took over, but too gutless and changed again
n............ n............ n = Liar, filthy liar
n............ n............ y = Liar, Someone forced forced you

**Just2Good** · 07-24-2010, 03:44 PM

A link to the answer is in post 15 of this thread

**Axiom** · 10-22-2010, 02:22 AM

Why could it be argued that it is fundamentally hypocritical to be BOTH; pro- abortion AND anti- drug decriminalisation ?

**Axiom** · 10-23-2010, 12:37 AM

Originally Posted by Axiom

Why could it be argued that it is fundamentally hypocritical to be BOTH; pro- abortion AND anti- drug decriminalisation ?

"It's MY BODY , it's MY RIGHT !"

07-24-2010, 08:47 AM	#16 (permalink)
Jaydon SCTC Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Queensland, Gold Coast Posts: 1,101 ICC Handle: Aussieboy007 FICS Handle: Bermusia	Originally Posted by Axiom that's more like it jaydon . my thinking would be, what a generous eccentric billionaire he/she is ! and i wouldn't want to hurt their feelings so i would say i drank it , but really have thrown it down the drain . No moral dilemma . Why ? Because a) the person is eccentric ( he probably loves this sort of thing , and is getting some sort of perverse kick out of it anyway ) b) he/she is a billionaire , so in their eccentric little way , they are giving back to the community . c) a fool and their money are soon parted d) they are not certifiably insane , just eccentric , so i wouldn't be exploiting them. e) i was feeling fine at midnight , but awoke with a slight tummy upset , and my doctor advised me it would be unwise to ingest any poison . f) in fact the doctor suggested that if i drank it at any time i could possibly die g) i have the doctor's certificate and everything oh and f) it would teach the silly duffer a lesson in reality ! I'd agree with most of that, I'd like to see the doctors certificate though But I think the idea of not and saying you did is a good one. I still think this is a little easy so how about now the situation is the person in question only has 1.5 million. Sanity of said person aside, would you now feel more obliged to drink it?

07-24-2010, 02:12 PM	#17 (permalink)
Iconoclast Immoderator Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Wollongong NSW Posts: 2,302	WHERE IS THE PUZZLE? Intention.. Change.. Drink y............ n............ y = Good. y............ y............ n = Good. To others it looks like a lie others y............ y............ y = Good, but gutless and someone forced forced you to drink y............ n............ n = Good , so you must have had a reasonable excuse but, it looks like a lie others n............ y............ y = Liar, but conscience took over n............ y............ n = Liar, conscience took over, but too gutless and changed again n............ n............ n = Liar, filthy liar n............ n............ y = Liar, Someone forced forced you __________________ The individual is hopeless without the group. The group is hopeless without its individuals.

07-24-2010, 03:44 PM	#18 (permalink)
Just2Good Tin Cup Champ 2004 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Cairns Posts: 6,233 ICC Handle: Advantage FICS Handle: Advantage	A link to the answer is in post 15 of this thread __________________ . "The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." ~ Isaiah Berlin ~

10-22-2010, 02:22 AM	#19 (permalink)
Axiom Reality Analyst Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 3,498	Why could it be argued that it is fundamentally hypocritical to be BOTH; pro- abortion AND anti- drug decriminalisation ? __________________ "Sometimes the obligation of the intelligent is to restate the obvious. None more important than emphatically stating that there is a : ' Naked Emperor Elephant in the Room' " Axiom Last edited by Axiom : 10-22-2010 at 03:40 AM

10-23-2010, 12:37 AM	#20 (permalink)
Axiom Reality Analyst Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 3,498	Originally Posted by Axiom Why could it be argued that it is fundamentally hypocritical to be BOTH; pro- abortion AND anti- drug decriminalisation ? "It's MY BODY , it's MY RIGHT !" __________________ "Sometimes the obligation of the intelligent is to restate the obvious. None more important than emphatically stating that there is a : ' Naked Emperor Elephant in the Room' " Axiom Last edited by Axiom : 10-23-2010 at 02:56 AM

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