Change ONE thing about the world.
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In a survival situation yes you can go alot longer without food then you can without water(its why finding a potable water source and sanitation method is more important then finding food).Mr.Mattress said:
This is under the assumption that a search and rescue operation is underway not that your continually living without a food supply.
Yes evidence can be faked, but that doesn't mean that you disregard all evidence. It also doesn't mean that you start believing in things with no evidence behind them, because that's just stupid.werewolfsfury said:
I don't think it'd be possible to have more of those kinds of threads than already crop up, but at least it'd be better than hundreds of nearly identical threads declaring the next big budget sequel to be the best game ever months before it's even released.
sorry about that but faith is a broad term. if I have no faith in myself then how would I know what i can or can't do? if I can't draw then would a bad drawing be proof that I can't? since it would be proof that I can't then why should I try?OriginalLadders said:
Not necessarily the case. Sure, some people would be like that, others would do good simply because they are good people. Sure, there are people who choose not to steal from people or kill people they disagree with because the law would punish them, but there are also people who do neither of these things simply because they do not wish to, or because they would rather engage in a dialog with the people they disagree with to try and persuade them to see their side. Or maybe they just leave people alone because they respect their right to a differing opinion. One could argue that there are people who choose to follow or not to follow various religions for the same reasons. Pretty much every religion I've heard of boils down to some variation of "you will follow these rules or you will burn for eternity" (except maybe Buddhism or some other Eastern religions, my understanding of them is limited, and I haven't found the time to research them properly). And besides, if people are doing good mainly to avoid punishment, the world still becomes a better place for it. Doing good things for the world would be profitable, and just think of how much better life would be if some corporations didn't feel they had to prioritize the most profitable thing to do over the right thing to do.werewolfsfury said:
I mentioned that the rewards/punishments would be proportional to your actions and your reasons for them. This would basically mean that if you do nothing to knowingly harm other people, nothing bad would happen to you. You wouldn't lose five bucks because you didn't give it to a homeless guy, and becoming homeless yourself wouldn't be a fair punishment for simply choosing not to give five bucks to him (unless for some reason you knew that those 5 bucks were what he needed to turn his life around completely and chose not to give it to him anyway simply because you wanted him to suffer). For all I know, you may need that five bucks in order to take the bus to work at the hospital or something.
I thought of this change mainly to combat injustice, because some people get away with doing terrible things scott-free and they shouldn't. I would say that what is good would be decided by society at large, but sometimes society at large can be very stupid. I guess whatever is best for humanity at large, does the most to end suffering, does not cause suffering to others, and betters the condition of the world is what is good. Though you aren't a bad person if you aren't living a life of complete selflessness. I guess my point is as long as you aren't screwing over your fellow man you will be fine, if you help him you will gain something from it, and if you hurt or harm him just for kicks you will pay for it.
I'm a little tired, so I haven't really thought this through all the way. If you see any ways to improve upon this idea, let me know.
I would require that couples be given a series of test before being allowed to have children. Way to many unfit parents these days.
Also everyone must work a year of retail in their lives. Might cut down on rude customers and queens of entitlement.
Also everyone must work a year of retail in their lives. Might cut down on rude customers and queens of entitlement.
Or, you know, people could just be adapted to make them able to drink salt water, rather than adapting thousands of marine creatures instead.viranimus said:
OT: What I'd change... Probably something like removing all prejudice.
I like this things would get a whole lot better a whole lot faster if people were just ok with other people not agreeing with them. I just wish people were more open to other opinions and idea's before making up there mind. I mean hell you see it all the time people will be saying there country is the best but having not experienced every single other option or hell even researching.C F said:
Tough call. I would probably make genie(from Aladdin, complete with lamp and Robin William's voice) exist at my current location, then abuse the ability to turn people into genies to gain infinite wishes, then wish everyone back to normal once I had what I wanted. And while you may call that selfish, think about the fact that any wish you make regarding "humanity" is you being a tyrant over every single human being on Earth, don't you think that's more selfish than just about anything else?
OT: Free breadsticks for everyone.
There is no evidence of anything. Nothing can prove that a the message that moves from your eye to your brain is real and not fabricated. You can't even prove that your eye or brain exist without some degree of faith. All you would have is Descartes Cogito Ergo Sum, and if that's all anyone ever believed in the world would be a pretty fucked place from my angle.OriginalLadders said:
I would make my self a God with power to bend the will of all humans to do my bidding. Then I would build castles out of humans, they would become my ants.
I'd make sure that this asshole here [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/view] was erased from existance. Seriously, I hate that guy. Otherwise, I'd make sure I had the power to help anyone out with anything that they needed.
It's obvious: no more death, just instant healing. Maybe no more aging, so to prevent people from actually being so worn down that they desired death. Would solve a lot of problems. I know, it sounds childish, but death and harm are really depressing and cause a lot of problems.
Either that, or no more dispute. Kind of like a united mind, say, like "YOU DO NOT LIKE THIS AND I ACCEPT THAT. HERE, TAKE SOME MONEY, AS SYMPATHY."
I'm too much of a nice person to suggest something selfish, can't really force myself to wish for something very selfish. XD
Either that, or no more dispute. Kind of like a united mind, say, like "YOU DO NOT LIKE THIS AND I ACCEPT THAT. HERE, TAKE SOME MONEY, AS SYMPATHY."
I'm too much of a nice person to suggest something selfish, can't really force myself to wish for something very selfish. XD
That suggestion is bloody brilliant. But you would have to add "and this makes them all infertile too" in there. Or else it would actually be evilRowan93 said:
Okay, after that I have nothing, darnit.
And so many captchas! Do I (who has acquired 3.5K posts) have to prove that I am no spam-bot every second post?!