A psychological decision

[Rebdragon]

Don't need to be.

 

 

 

Shoot yourself in the foot and you get out.

 

 

 

It really is the cowards way out, a coward being too scared to face 20 years of solitude.

 

What you call cowardice someone else might call realism- knowing that this is twenty years in a confined area with no human contact, twenty years of being absent from the real world- not just some silly chance to get some reading done even though the person never read before when they had the time.

 

 

 

Some people know their limits, some are just idealistic about their's, and some just plain don't and don't admit to knowing them.

 

 

 

Unlike the majority of members here, not everyone's an introvert people. Don't act like the better man, like this guy, just because you are one.

 

 

 

Sorry, back to the fun, that post just irked me -_-".

[Lenin64]

Would I take a real person with me? yes. Hannah Montana. And then I would kill her. Because she is that awful. And I would request a bigger room.

[indy500fan]

I meant you get both a person and a clone, but that's also an interesting take on it.

 

 

 

Alright, one last question. When do you have to ask for the person, and how long do they have to stay? For example, after 19 years could I ask for a real person, and they only have to stay 1 year with me, or would they just have the one year with me and then 19 more (but with clones and after I am gone the same choice to have another real person)?

 

 

 

I think the only way I would choose a real person is if they just had to serve the remaining time with me, and I would wait until one year left. I still don't think I have the right to take that year away from them, but by that time I probably wouldn't be thinking about the rights of others.

[yomom1919]

Alright, one last question. When do you have to ask for the person, and how long do they have to stay? For example, after 19 years could I ask for a real person, and they only have to stay 1 year with me, or would they just have the one year with me and then 19 more (but with clones and after I am gone the same choice to have another real person)?

 

 

 

I think the only way I would choose a real person is if they just had to serve the remaining time with me, and I would wait until one year left. I still don't think I have the right to take that year away from them, but by that time I probably wouldn't be thinking about the rights of others.

 

 

 

I was thinking about the first part a bit myself. At first, I was thinking you had to request them at the beginning and they had to stay the full 20 years. Now I'm thinking you could request them any time you like, but they have to stay until you get out, which was the original circumstance.

[Powman3]

No electronics right? Then how about a few sticks of dynamite? :D

 

 

 

That's right, I'd explode my way outta there. But first, I'll ask for a lighter and 30 sticks of dynamite. I'll blow up the door to room B, take the gun, then blow up the door to room A, then take it from there. I'll safely get out of the facility, knowing I was the smarter being. :lol:

 

 

 

EDIT: I just read it again, but if still seems cool to be like Rambo and blow up things. Honestly.

[bubbyjoe2]

Would I take a real person with me? yes. Hannah Montana. And then I would kill her. Because she is that awful. And I would request a bigger room.

 

 

 

Same here. Use your bare hands.

[Lenin64]

No electronics right? Then how about a few sticks of dynamite? :D

 

 

 

That's right, I'd explode my way outta there. But first, I'll ask for a lighter and 30 sticks of dynamite. I'll blow up the door to room B, take the gun, then blow up the door to room A, then take it from there. I'll safely get out of the facility, knowing I was the smarter being. :lol:

 

 

 

EDIT: I just read it again, but if still seems cool to be like Rambo and blow up things. Honestly.

 

yea good luck with the whole "dynamite" thing. There isn;t anything ahrmful you could do to yourself with that :roll:

 

 

 

Question: Are we allowed to converse with the scientists? Maybe not face-to-face, but over an intercom or something? That would make the no-human-contact thing go much more smoothly.

[Smapla]

is there a chair in the first room?

[No_OnE]

Where is everyone getting this no human contact thing from. Though I do doubt that, if written more thoroughly, the scenario would prohibit human contact, it doesn't say that now. Everyone is coming up with these illogical loopholes to escape and do all this crap but it seems that no one has thought of the far more logical human contact loophole. It's quite possible that you can, with a pen and paper, write letters to people. The scenario never says that you can't.

[Retefael]

If I knew all of this ahead of time, door B.

 

 

 

 

 

If not, then A. :wink:

[Maleficus1055]

After contemplating for a while, i've decicded I would choose door A. Icould have anything I want (no electronics), and I would do what I want to do in real life but never have the time: Learn how to play a lot of musical instruments at a decent level. I would request the instrument along with a humongous supply of reeds, grease, oil, cleaning supplies, and instructional books. I could also get extremely expensive instruments that I would never be able to afford in real life (like Contrabass Sax). Well, that's my decision.

[Kashi]

Well, if you can request any item and get a new clone every month, it's like ...

 

 

 

 

 

You have every book ever published at your fingers, your own personal Library of Congress.

 

 

 

Any gourmet food and drink you want, if you really wanted to you could spend the whole 20 years soused.

 

 

 

Get some weights and whatnot, after spending 20 years working out, reading, and

 

eating nutritious foods you'd be a damn super hero by the time you got out.

 

 

 

Spend each month with a different man/woman (I'd probably become bisexual just out

 

of curiosity), even if they can't talk they can do amusing things, both sexual and non sexual.

 

I'm a bit of a control freak so just having someone who would obey my every command would be cool.

 

 

 

The only downside is small sleeping quarters. I imagine you dump all your stuff in the trash

 

every night and request it back the next day, just to save space. Plus, if this was a study in human

 

psychology they'd never

 

actually make you stay 20 years, they'd just make you believe those were your choices, and then

 

once you'd made your choice that's really all the data they need for their experiment. Not that they tell

 

YOU this, gotta' be sneaky!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And if it really comes down to it, you can always find a way to kill yourself. It might actually

 

be a fun game, trying to trick them into giving you something deadly.

[FooK-A-Ji]

It describes Room A as a hemispherical room. A hemisphere is a globe cut in half. So to everyone who thinks they will enjoy much comfort in Room A, you must know that the only place where you can stand up to your full height, would be the exact center of the room, Since the radius is twice your height.

 

 

 

I hope this isn't too hard to understand. Otherwise just google hemisphere, to get what I'm saying.

 

 

 

I choose Room A nonetheless.

[Rebdragon]

It describes Room A as a hemispherical room. A hemisphere is a globe cut in half. So to everyone who thinks they will enjoy much comfort in Room A, you must know that the only place where you can stand up to your full height, would be the exact center of the room, Since the radius is twice your height.

 

 

 

I hope this isn't too hard to understand. Otherwise just google hemisphere, to get what I'm saying.

 

 

 

I choose Room A nonetheless.

 

:-s

 

 

 

[radius, not diameter dude]

[Wisp]

First heres my stupid escape plan:

 

First i spend a few months doing whatever i feel like, reading, guitar, whatever

 

Order a clone of myself. Eventually get something innocent in that could be used as a weapon. Have my clone attempt to kill itself with an item i don't want (since you can't ever get the suicide-attempt-weapon back)

 

My clone is sedated, and the way out of the room is temporarily clear.

 

Then i just attempt to escape. Probably wouldn't work, but who knows?

 

 

 

My real plan is simple, room A. Just learn, get fit, learn a few instruments, etc. I would miss a lot of my life, but it's better then losing all of it.

[FooK-A-Ji]

It describes Room A as a hemispherical room. A hemisphere is a globe cut in half. So to everyone who thinks they will enjoy much comfort in Room A, you must know that the only place where you can stand up to your full height, would be the exact center of the room, Since the radius is twice your height.

 

 

 

I hope this isn't too hard to understand. Otherwise just google hemisphere, to get what I'm saying.

 

 

 

I choose Room A nonetheless.

 

:-s

 

 

 

[radius, not diameter dude]

 

 

 

Radius is just half of what diameter is. Since its a hemispherical room, go figure.

[FalconBomba]

I have the perfect solution... they had to get me in somehow so I'd exit out of door C and leave everyone to their demise by locking it. MWHAHAHA :twisted:

 

 

 

My favorite smiley might work wonders too... :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall:

[indy500fan]

It describes Room A as a hemispherical room. A hemisphere is a globe cut in half. So to everyone who thinks they will enjoy much comfort in Room A, you must know that the only place where you can stand up to your full height, would be the exact center of the room, Since the radius is twice your height.

 

 

 

I hope this isn't too hard to understand. Otherwise just google hemisphere, to get what I'm saying.

 

 

 

I choose Room A nonetheless.

 

:-s

 

 

 

[radius, not diameter dude]

 

 

 

Radius is just half of what diameter is. Since its a hemispherical room, go figure.

 

 

 

Yes, he is saying it would still be twice as tall as you, because the radius is twice your height. If the diameter was twice your height the room would be as tall as you in the exact center and no where else. But the diameter is four times your height, since the radius is twice your height.

[FooK-A-Ji]

ur right indy, im a math noob

[assassin_696]

I'd break out.

 

 

 

Seriously, there's no way in hell that i'd accept 20 years of effectively solitary confinement just for some kind of test. Option A is only slightly better than death, and i'm not going to stand for that. So yeah, forget that, i'm outta there.

[Lionheart_0]

 

 

 

My rules :evil:

[venomai]

How the hell would you escape? :wall:

 

 

 

To those people suggesting AK-47s and explosives... please read it again. :?

[sonerohi]

door A. send in a clone that has a weapon, kill them quickly and stab myself with a sword, making sure to spray blood all over those bast- umm.. nice lovely scientist. blood squirt in teh face = win.

[assassin_696]

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My rules :evil:

 

 

 

Where there's a will... :wink:

[Lenin64]

It describes Room A as a hemispherical room. A hemisphere is a globe cut in half. So to everyone who thinks they will enjoy much comfort in Room A, you must know that the only place where you can stand up to your full height, would be the exact center of the room, Since the radius is twice your height.

 

 

 

I hope this isn't too hard to understand. Otherwise just google hemisphere, to get what I'm saying.

 

 

 

I choose Room A nonetheless.

 

:-s

 

 

 

[radius, not diameter dude]

 

But a hemisphere is only half a circle, so the radius is from the floor to the ceiling, so the only place you can fully stand up is in the center. But, theorectically, you could request a bigger room, as I stated earlier.