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Hypotheticals for ep.141

Added 2023-06-16 12:04:48 +0000 UTC

Some good ones today!

Option 1

Oh no you three have 'accidentally' started a Hat Films cult. Your followers worship you like deities and somehow you have all magically gained some form of godlike abilities. What are those abilities, what is your symbol and how would you use your newfound power?

Alternatively, what would you do if only one of you became worshipped as god and gained powers, how would the other two react?

Option 2

You are cursed, so that you are the last person who will ever die from whatever kills you. For example, if you die of cancer or polio, no one will ever die from it again.

HOWEVER: there is no way to know how the curse works, or what it will do. So if you drown yourself in the sea, it MIGHT mean:

A) you killed yourself, so nothing happens,

B) a human killed you, so all of humanity is erased,

C) water killed you, so humans can now breathe underwater, or

D) the oceans killed you, and they all disappear.

What, if anything, would you do?

What if the public finds out?

How could you create the worst possible outcome?

How could you create the most unpredictable outcome?

Option 3

A messenger from an advanced alien civilisation walks into the hat films office and sits down at the table. It asks you this question in perfect English (obviously):

We have the ability to advance the technology of your species. However, we demand that you provide something of equal return to us. We shall instantly grant you 25 years of technological advancements from current state of the art, in return for the lives of 10 million humans. These humans of all ages will be randomly selected and teleported to our domain, where we shall handle things accordingly. For every 10 million humans taken, that specific technological jump doubles, but that cohort suffer worse fates.

Do you take this offer? What if they only select from certain populations (babies, the old)? What if they say that you and everyone you care about (within reason) are exempt from this culling?