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dar512 · 10-14-2009, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

you die, and someone you dont know gets a million dollars.

Makes sense.

sexobon · 10-15-2009, 04:27 AM

With my finger on the button, I'd take the whole kit and caboodle and go public with it. Then I'd charge people a dollar each to introduce themselves to me. Why settle for a measly million?

ZenGum · 10-15-2009, 05:14 AM

Brilliant!

Here's another variation:
If you press the button, there is a 50% chance that you will get very large amount of money, and someone randomly chosen will die, but also a 50% chance that you will die and someone randomly chosen will receive the money.

This is inspired by Rawls' social philosophy, in that an arrangement is "fair" only if you would agree to be a party to it without knowing what role in that arrangement you will play.

monster · 10-15-2009, 08:37 AM

sexobama ftw

Sheldonrs · 10-15-2009, 08:39 AM

I just realized something. Push a button, somone you don't know dies and you get a million dollars...Isn't that what we call the insurance industry?

Pie · 10-15-2009, 08:50 AM

Yeah. And life insurance policies are now being bundled into tranches and sold off to investors... More massive, institutional players with an stake in your expeditious demise.

Spexxvet · 10-15-2009, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pie

Yeah. And life insurance policies are now being bundled into tranches and sold off to investors... More massive, institutional players with an stake in your expeditious demise.

Oh no! It's the beginning of the insurance wars... Health insurance companies want you to die and life insurance companies want you to live.... who will reign supreme - highlights at eleven.:p

Pie · 10-15-2009, 09:38 AM

Life insurance companies can't do much to keep you alive. Health insurance companies can do everything to 'lower their costs' if you get sick.

You tell me who has more power -- who will win.

Crimson Ghost · 10-16-2009, 01:31 AM

Life insurance is you betting you'll die, and the insurance company is betting you'll live.

Yes, I'd push the button.
Without hesitation.
And if the next person pushes the button and I die, so goes the circle of life.

10-20-2009, 12:46 PM

I accept: It's a direct rip-off from an episode of the newer "Twilight Zone" series.

10-15-2009, 05:14 AM	#48
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Brilliant! Here's another variation: If you press the button, there is a 50% chance that you will get very large amount of money, and someone randomly chosen will die, but also a 50% chance that you will die and someone randomly chosen will receive the money. This is inspired by Rawls' social philosophy, in that an arrangement is "fair" only if you would agree to be a party to it without knowing what role in that arrangement you will play. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

10-15-2009, 08:37 AM	#49
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	sexobama ftw __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-15-2009, 08:39 AM	#50
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	I just realized something. Push a button, somone you don't know dies and you get a million dollars...Isn't that what we call the insurance industry? __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

10-15-2009, 08:50 AM	#51
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Yeah. And life insurance policies are now being bundled into tranches and sold off to investors... More massive, institutional players with an stake in your expeditious demise. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

10-15-2009, 09:38 AM	#53
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Life insurance companies can't do much to keep you alive. Health insurance companies can do everything to 'lower their costs' if you get sick. You tell me who has more power -- who will win. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

10-15-2009, 04:27 AM	#47
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	With my finger on the button, I'd take the whole kit and caboodle and go public with it. Then I'd charge people a dollar each to introduce themselves to me. Why settle for a measly million?

10-16-2009, 01:31 AM	#54
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	Life insurance is you betting you'll die, and the insurance company is betting you'll live. Yes, I'd push the button. Without hesitation. And if the next person pushes the button and I die, so goes the circle of life. __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

10-20-2009, 12:46 PM	#55
whirducut Guest Posts: n/a	I accept: It's a direct rip-off from an episode of the newer "Twilight Zone" series.

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