Things you wish you knew?

[Heronblade]

How to bootstrap the production of highly adaptable and easy to control nanites capable of assembling things on a molecular level.

 

[Fijiman]

Obviously the way to get the most out of this is to make the subject you want to know about as broad as possible so I'd want to know everything thing about electronics. From cheap dollar store toys to highly advanced computers, I'd want to know it all.

 

[NihilSinLulz]

He can't tell the future because he's only a man... That would seem to rule out things that no living human knows either. And he can tell me things, but that doesn't guarantee I'll understand them. In that case, he doesn't offer me anything that the Internet cannot.

I would ask him to come in and teach me the most important points in mastering cooking.

You nailed it. Guess I should've been clearer in the OP. I see it as a way to learn 'hidden' knowledge, that is knowledge that you wouldn't normally be privy to.

 

[Flutterguy]

creation of the universe, complete history of a certain society which claims to have existed before the pyramids construction, or the life-path I could take which could result in a warless and nonreligious society that prioritizes knowledge over winning or power. One of those three depending on my mood, actually one of the first two, third one seems impossible.

 

[Pink Gregory]

How to forget things, how to ignore people.

 

[Someone Depressing]

Um... I've having trouble remembering the kanji for "to put on pants", and I can't find the radicals.

Yeah, what that kanji was... no, all kanji, because I'm sick of drawing funny symbols on my wrist. For example, the kanji "Rain", ama/ame.. turns into "Uki", a completely unrelated word that isn't spelt remotely similar in kana, and it means "Rainy season". GodamnyouJapanandyourstupid,beautifulelegantlanguage!

 

[Hugga_Bear]

How to build a perfect (or as close as we can get to) fusion reactor...I mean not sure if that's cheating but everything else is learnable, if it can't be something a little out there then this might as well be "what do you want to research next"

 

[JagermanXcell]

I wish I knew how to math.

No seriously, if I was given the option to kill a man just so I can figure out how to construct parabolas and divide fractions without short circuiting my brain cells i'd do it.

 

[Megawat22]

I'd ask him how I could easily make a lot of money with my current resources legally and in a realistic way.
This would either result in getting a cheat code to life, or being told to get a job that's super dangerous or has terrible hours...
That or I'd ask him to teach me how to play the guitar. But I don't have a guitar so it's less useful than the first choice. Though he's letting me know any thing I want for free so he seems like a nice dude, nice enough to let me borrow his guitar while he's teaching I imagine.

 

[Relish in Chaos]

The Japanese language (so I wouldn?t have to rely on scanlations to read JoJo?s Bizarre Adventure, among other mangas that lack a wide-scale release in English). How to successfully flirt and date girls (and maybe even guys, if I ever felt like trying it; I sure watch enough quasi-gay porn to satiate my bicuriosity).

How to write A-grade essays for English Language, Psychology, and Sociology (which would take a great burden off my back). How to control my OCD and manage stress (because OCD is annoying as FUCK and I have such low stress tolerance I have to piss every two hours, or less). How to successfully limit the problems in Britain (beginning by tackling classism, perhaps?).

And finally, how to successfully kill myself without there being the slightest chance that I fuck it up and end up as a fucking Metapod in hospital (I?m being serious; if life ever gets too shit for me, I?m gonna have to do it).

 

[Scarim Coral]

Probably every trope and cliche out there used in the media. Hopefully only then I can come up with a original concept of something. I guess another way of saying is how to make a good story/ plot etc.

 

[shootthebandit]

How women can wrap a towel round their head? Seriously how do they know this wizardry? Do they just know this shit instinctually in the same way we know how to bleed the radiator?

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Here's a fun hypothetical: say one day a mysterious man shows up to your house and says he give you information on any topic you could wish to know. No string, no catch, but it can only be about one thing and as he is only a man, he can't tell you the future. What do you wish to know?

Can he impart a skill? Or tell me how something could have turned out? I've always been curious about a certain high school friend who I could have potentially dated...more importantly though, I wanna know how to play the Guitar. If neither are possible, than I would love to have the guy talk me through bigger-on-the-inside technology. I could then make my own BotI thing, sell the patent and, live a life of luxury.

 

[Moderated]

I wish I knew how to speak and type every language, including programing languages.
"Make it so", magic man, make it so.

 

[kurokotetsu]

Um... I've having trouble remembering the kanji for "to put on pants", and I can't find the radicals.

Yeah, what that kanji was.

履く Onyomi り anf Kunyomi はく, くつ, ふむ . The first Kun is the one used in the verb.

Even if google translate isn't that good, for single words it can be used.

 

[Arnoxthe1]

The most effective method to end any and all worrying and doubt.

 

[Summerstorm]

The most effective method to end any and all worrying and doubt.

That's easy: Die... All of them. NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION

I would ask him for a way for myself to be absolutely free. (And no, death is not freedom)

 

[DrunkOnEstus]

I'd like to know definitive answers to some lingering conspiracies (I expect I'll get answers in this thread) such as:

Did the government take out JFK for talking too much? Have aliens made contact with Earth? Did we really land on the moon? Have scientists discovered cold fusion and get killed for it? Are there vehicles that can get 200-300 MPG, destroyed and kept secret by oil cartels?

If that's too stupid, I'd want to know the ideal human diet/exercise regimen, to get every single vitamin and nutrient the body needs and the exact amount of exertion required to be in 100% optimal peak condition. Shame that information wouldn't exert willpower, and I'd have to quit smoking...

 

[Eeeee0000]

How women can wrap a towel round their head? Seriously how do they know this wizardry? Do they just know this shit instinctually in the same way we know how to bleed the radiator?

http://www.wikihow.com/Wrap-Your-Hair-in-a-Towel

Really, it's not that hard, though I guess having long hair helps.

You can't know anything that is unknown to mankind? Because then I would just get the answer to some really important ecological question (how to stop global warming, maybe. It's not what I'm studying right now, but it would get me a nobel price and possibly save the earth, so...) and not have to worry about getting a good job! Or I could try to find the cure for a disease, or a definite answer as to if there's a god or gods of some kind, what has changed to a person when they die but their body would still function properly (like with a hear attack), how did the universe come to be, is there life on other planets out there and where is it... so many oppurtunities.

As long as it can only be stuff that someone, somewhere, knows... um, I don't know, really.

 

[UniversalRonin]

Teach me to be a true 'Jack of all trades.' One Question, being taught one thing, with lots of elements. Boom. (That's right. I said Boom.)

Capcha: Live with purpose
Hell Yeah.