A question for you, escapists.
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If those 5 people happen to be my neighbours, sure. They're the most horrid chavvy swines around, the kind of people who if they aren't effin' and jeffin' through the walls, playing loud music, littering or hoovering (one of them has OCD) at all hours of day.
So yes, I'd hit that button. Those people need to die horribly.
So yes, I'd hit that button. Those people need to die horribly.
Quick question, do five people die every time I press the button or only the first time? And also, can I use the button to revive the five (or more) people I killed already by pressing the button? Because the answers to both those questions would influence my decision on weather or not to use the button.
I think at first though, knowing I would kill people, I wouldn't use the button, but the longer I kept it around the more likely it is that I would eventually give in to temptation and press it and gain the sweet sweet benefits within. After I pressed it and began wishing for video games, money, women, and more free time with which to enjoy them I would probably use my powers to get world peace and end world hunger, just to even it out.
I think at first though, knowing I would kill people, I wouldn't use the button, but the longer I kept it around the more likely it is that I would eventually give in to temptation and press it and gain the sweet sweet benefits within. After I pressed it and began wishing for video games, money, women, and more free time with which to enjoy them I would probably use my powers to get world peace and end world hunger, just to even it out.
I would. Provided of course that 'every whim' includes that my words alone will stop wars, ignorance, religion in the ancient sense and make the human race collectively progress towards a better future. I'll take the burden on me of having killed five innocent people, even though I believe every life is worth infinity.
I doubt you meant to include all that in 'every whim' though, my answer would be no in that case.
You just gave me the power to wipe out humanity? Five lives at a time? How many times can I hit the button in a second? ... Oh, wait... that button caters to my EVERY whim? So five people die and I get an implement of explosive chaos? Awesome!
But... eh. Woo-hoo, my every whim catered to by a button. Not as fun as extorting money out of somebody's massive bank account and framing the guy I stole from for mass homicide by buying explosives with his money and blowing up a couple of orphanages.
... What? Don't look at me like that.
But... eh. Woo-hoo, my every whim catered to by a button. Not as fun as extorting money out of somebody's massive bank account and framing the guy I stole from for mass homicide by buying explosives with his money and blowing up a couple of orphanages.
... What? Don't look at me like that.
Hmmm. A difficult question.
Being punished after I die is not something I fear, because I believe that death equals complete cessation of one's existence. A very long life sounds even more appealing for this reason.
Those five people will eventually die sooner or later, and someone will cry for them. Nothing can be done about this, and I'll never have to share their pain.
The only draback is the shattering of my carefully catered to morality and philosophies on life, the universe, and everything. So no. I would not push the button. This life sucks, and I want another one, but I won't take the life of 5 other people for it.
Being punished after I die is not something I fear, because I believe that death equals complete cessation of one's existence. A very long life sounds even more appealing for this reason.
Those five people will eventually die sooner or later, and someone will cry for them. Nothing can be done about this, and I'll never have to share their pain.
The only draback is the shattering of my carefully catered to morality and philosophies on life, the universe, and everything. So no. I would not push the button. This life sucks, and I want another one, but I won't take the life of 5 other people for it.
I would push it, probably two or three times just to see if my life got any better after the first push, hell you could raise it to a hundred people and i would still press it, i might loose some sleep now and again, but i think i could live with the price.
And to be honest i would not bother stopping wars or world hunger, i would just live out every hedonistic fantasy i have ever had, I would make Caligula look like a god damn Sunday school preacher.
And to be honest i would not bother stopping wars or world hunger, i would just live out every hedonistic fantasy i have ever had, I would make Caligula look like a god damn Sunday school preacher.
Nope,because if The Box taught me anything,if I press that button,someone else will press it and I'll die because of it.
So that means that there's a loop hole in this situation right? As in after I press the button I could just "whim" the five people I just killed back to life. Hell, I call that a win win situation.duck-man said:
It's...hard. On the one hand, I'd be using the gains to help others, obscene amounts of people would be aided if I pressed that button. On the other hand, five people would have to die. Would I kill them...?
I don't know. This comes back to the would you push someone into a moving train question, sacrificing another to save more people?
Horrible question, one which I simply don't know the answer to. I don't think I would though, I don't think I could do it.
I don't know. This comes back to the would you push someone into a moving train question, sacrificing another to save more people?
Horrible question, one which I simply don't know the answer to. I don't think I would though, I don't think I could do it.
OP missed a golden opportunity by not including a poll
On topic:
I think I heard this question with the reward instead being something like 100000 euros. Hearing that my answer would have been: "I'd press it multiple times".
Yes for this question as well. I'd press it.
I'm actually surprised how many people here wouldn't (or claim they wouldn't) press the button. I think given the choice, and anonymity, all would press the button. But hey, if you have morals to keep you from pushing that button, good for you.
On topic:
I think I heard this question with the reward instead being something like 100000 euros. Hearing that my answer would have been: "I'd press it multiple times".
Yes for this question as well. I'd press it.
I'm actually surprised how many people here wouldn't (or claim they wouldn't) press the button. I think given the choice, and anonymity, all would press the button. But hey, if you have morals to keep you from pushing that button, good for you.