Note some variations mean each person takes a turn until finally it does go off. This scenario is just one shot as I imagined the vast majority of people wouldn't participate if it was guaranteed that someone would die. Anyway, it's not supposed to be directly off the "rules" if that even applies. Just something to ponder.
Here is the theoretical scenario..
Someone offers to engage you in a game of Russian Roulette. He has a 6 shooter. He loads it with 1 round. He rotates the cylinder several times so it is unknown which chamber the round is in, stopping the spinning manually instead of letting gravity/intertia determine when the cylinder stops, He then hands you the gun, and says "Pull the trigger against your head. If you live, I give you $500 million dollars. If you die, obviously you get nothing. Would you do it?
Me.. tough. Only a 1 in 6 chance. But I don't think I would do it.
EDIT: For the people who want circumvent the question, tweaked the situation slightly.
You know the money is good, it's there. You can't see the round.. But he tells you it's a low velocity round sure to turn your brain into jelly as it ricochets around inside your skull. You have to put the barrel directly to a fatal part your head. And no, you can't shoot him. Hence the hypothetical scenario.
Here is the theoretical scenario..
Someone offers to engage you in a game of Russian Roulette. He has a 6 shooter. He loads it with 1 round. He rotates the cylinder several times so it is unknown which chamber the round is in, stopping the spinning manually instead of letting gravity/intertia determine when the cylinder stops, He then hands you the gun, and says "Pull the trigger against your head. If you live, I give you $500 million dollars. If you die, obviously you get nothing. Would you do it?
Me.. tough. Only a 1 in 6 chance. But I don't think I would do it.
EDIT: For the people who want circumvent the question, tweaked the situation slightly.
You know the money is good, it's there. You can't see the round.. But he tells you it's a low velocity round sure to turn your brain into jelly as it ricochets around inside your skull. You have to put the barrel directly to a fatal part your head. And no, you can't shoot him. Hence the hypothetical scenario.
