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Let's copy a TV "game show"
Jan 3, 2008 12:29 PM
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There is a show that ask people to try to figure out how a percentage of people would have responded to a question.
Made me think it might be something to try here.
Of course, I haven't surveyed anyone so there is no REAL way of knowing the answer. But it still might be interesting to see how people on the board would answer the question. Perhaps other people can think of similar questions?
My question to you is this:
If everyone on earth was given a button that would destroy the earth if it were pressed, what percent of the people do you think would push the button?
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Disclaimer: The previous post, unless otherwise noted, is based on personal belief and observation. It is the post of a curious mind with the understanding that NOBODY knows for sure the answer to anything.
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Re: Let's copy a TV "game show"
Jan 3, 2008 12:36 PM
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1 in 6,000,000,000+
After the first person pushed the button, no one else would be able to.
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Re: Let's copy a TV "game show"
Jan 3, 2008 12:40 PM
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That's why we lock up the buttons. To prevent access by those who are missing a few.
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OK, I guess I should have stated
Jan 3, 2008 12:42 PM
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that the world won't end until everyone that wants to has a chance to push the button and we can add that number up!
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Re: OK, I guess I should have stated
Jan 3, 2008 12:53 PM
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> that the world won't end until everyone that wants to
> has a chance to push the button and we can add that
> number up!
It'd never happen. The geeks would get their buttons, open them up, and reverse engineer a signal that would cancel out all of the crazies who WANTED to blow up the world.
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Re: Let's copy a TV "game show"
Jan 3, 2008 12:55 PM
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Too many!!!
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Re: Let's copy a TV "game show"
Jan 3, 2008 1:28 PM
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Well, even with your qualifier, it still only takes one. 
Any number higher than that, it is rather moot.
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Re: Let's copy a TV "game show"
Jan 3, 2008 1:46 PM
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1.5billion?
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Re: Let's copy a TV "game show"
Jan 3, 2008 4:19 PM
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0.01%
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Re: Let's copy a TV "game show"
Jan 3, 2008 4:43 PM
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I am reading that over 200,000 Americans will attempt suicide this year.
So, let's divide the attempted suicides by the population and see what we get.
200,000 / 300,000,000 = 0.000666666667
Roughly, .06 percent of Americans are tangibly suicidal. I don't know what kind of numbers to use for the entire world's population but I'm going to guess that there might not be all that much of a difference.
.06 percent of nearly 7 billion people works out to be around 4,200,000,000. Probably not all of them would be willing to do such a thing at the very same moment in time so let's divide 4.2 million by the number of days in a year and see what we get.
11,507
Sounds kind of low, hmmm. Still, it's pretty scary to think that there might be 11,500 people walking around on planet Earth who are more than willing to do something like that. What are the chances of any of those people getting their grubby little hands on WMD?
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Re: OK, I guess I should have stated
Jan 3, 2008 4:44 PM
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Let's hope so!
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Jan 3, 2008 4:48 PM
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But aren't you assuming everyone that would attempt suicide also desires to takes someone (or everyone) with them?
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Jan 3, 2008 5:27 PM
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I thought about that. I don't think that most suicidal people cherish life enough to care about that. I'm sure you are right. Not all of them would want to kill everybody else too. I am also guessing that the Islamic equation balances that out pretty well.
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Jan 3, 2008 5:30 PM
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And then there is also the criminal mind to consider. Does EVERYONE really get one of these buttons?
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Re: Let's copy a TV "game show"
Jan 3, 2008 7:15 PM
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That would be the ultimate suicide bombing, wouldn't it?
The only question would be "How many virgins?"
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