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 Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:08 am
I say possibly because one of them is slightly personal so I may remove it.
Let me explain first: In the book Sex, Drugs, And cocoa puffs the author has this section where he explains the 23 questions he asks someone to see if he could love them. I just thought the questions were interesting and wanted to know what people would say in response.
Here's the first one: Let us assume you met a rudimentary magician. Let us assume he can do Five simple tricks- He can pull a rabbit out of his hat, he can make a coin disappear, he can turn the ace of spades into a joker and two other in a similar vein. These are his only tricks and he can't learn anymore; He can only do these five. HOWEVER it turns out he's doing these five tricks with real magic. It's not an illusion; he can actually conjure the bunny out of the ether and he can move the coin through space. He's legitimately magical, but extremely limited in scope and influence. Would this person be more impressive than Albert Einstein?
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:49 am
*stops and ponders* Well, in a sense, yes. That magician has just proven that magic is real. And he beat some of the laws of physics. So, yes. To me he is.
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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:35 am
That's a big if, but I'd be impressed.
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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:46 am
More than you would be with einstein?
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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 2:53 pm
Hmm... well, Einstein created a brilliant theory that has been proven true and has helped many scientists since. All this, despite people's opinion of him. I think that he's an example of the great things that a person with a different way of thinking can accomplish.
Einstein is more impressive, I guess. 3nodding
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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 3:37 pm
I agree with Skooterkid. Although I still think the magician is very impressive.
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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:04 pm
Please, my friends call me Scoot. 3nodding
Well, online friends, I mean. sweatdrop My real friends call me Patrick. blaugh
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 7:09 am
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:33 am
Given that Einstein is prone to reason, logic and the imagination, I would say that Einstein himself would be impressed by real magic given it is outside the scope of scientific space and time. I would also go so far as to say, I am sure the magician would be impressed by how far Einstein has taken the scientific community in his life time and that he would be impressed by Einstein's mode of thought patterns. In other words, both are equally just as impressive.
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 8:34 am
Interesting, I had a hard time answering this one. I finally decided that the magician would be slightly less impressive because people would demand proof of his tricks and he may not be able to provide it while Einstein is relatively well known and his theories have been proven countless times.
Are we ready for question two?
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 4:55 pm
I'm ready for Q2! 3nodding
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 6:25 pm
Alright Question number 2:
Let us assume a fully grown, completely healthy Clydesdale horse has his hooves shackled to the ground while his head is held in place with thick rope. He is conscious and standing upright, but completely immobile. And let us assume that- for some reason- every political prisoner on earth (as released by amnesty international) will be released from captivity if you can kick this horse to death in less than twenty minutes. You are allowed to wear steel-toed boots. Would you attempt to do this?
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 6:30 pm
...no? sweatdrop I think that sounds really bad if I did that. Or maybe I didn't get the question.
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 6:57 pm
The question is would you sacrifice one horse for the freedom of everyone who's imprisoned or let the horse live and keep these people imprisoned?
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:03 pm
Oh, now I'm seeing it from the other angle. 3nodding
Even so, they all have their reasons for being imprisoned (hopefully). But the issue of prisons in the U.S. is an underestimated subject.
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