A box, a choice and a risk.

Possibly I have an answer to the safe scenario.
As the safe locks only because of your intent to open it, then the way to get to open the safe is not to intend to do to.
Attach a rope to the door somehow and wait for someone else to accidently trip over it, thus the other person accidently opens the safe for you.....hmmmm...cute!! :)
 
I'd open it.
The results make no difference to me either way.
Reason for opening?
Curiosity...
 
Quantum Quack said:
Possibly I have an answer to the safe scenario.
As the safe locks only because of your intent to open it, then the way to get to open the safe is not to intend to do to.
Attach a rope to the door somehow and wait for someone else to accidently trip over it, thus the other person accidently opens the safe for you.....hmmmm...cute!! :)
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No way, mate.

Why would you attach a rope to the door somehow and wait for someone to accidentally trip over it, thus opening the door, hm?
Is it not because of your intent to open the box? Hm?

You can't plan innocence. Relegating the act does not remove your intent for the act.
 
So I guess whilst the rope is attached the safe will stay locked....even if I have forgotten about it....ha...

weellll I guess we worked out how to keep it locked permanently at least..... :p
 
Id open it, if all of creation was instantly destroyed noone would ever care... plus if creation wasnt destroyed i think i might actually do some good ;)
 
Just noticed some references to the A-Bomb and it potentially causing wide spread destruction.

Only the scientifically naive had worries about some wide spread catastrophe.

Some physicists had worries that it would not go off at all. None worried about a chain reaction causing a wide spread catastrophe. The mathematics indicated a certain amount of energy release and nothing more was expected.
  • It would be ludicrous to expect a fission weapon (Atom Bomb) to cause a chain reaction in anything but a heavy radioactive element like radium, uranium, et cetera. Since these elements are so rare, a physicist is ROFLOL on this issue.


  • It is merely a joke to expect a fusion weapon (Hydrogen Bomb) to cause a chain reaction in the ocean. Since there is a lot of hydrogen in the ocean, a physicist is only LOL on this one.
 
It sounds like it is a classical case of Desire vs. Consequence ,
almost like the "box of Pandora" ......

You are the president and the country is in war - you really,really want to win this war but you are loosing - however you have a computerbox with only one button (with the inscription " fire all " ) - it controls 20000 nuclear warheads - you are sure to win the war by pressing the button - but there is a small risk that the world will be destroyed - do you press the button ?
 
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How could you not open it.....

I mean I'm sure somewhere there is a christian or any other religous follower for that matter, going read this book it contains the secrets of the universe. What would make the Aztecs any different.
 
i would open it, if you htink about it as a religios stand point, god doesent really od anyhting, jsut cracks a beer, ad thats what soem peopel would do, thus not ending the unaverse, lol

on another note, how do we know the A bomb didint destroy the world? this coukld all be soemones fantasys hwale hee is burning up i nthe last 2 or 3 seconds of earths last minites couldnt it?
 
I would open the box if there were a 90% chance of total destruction. Because I <I>really</I> do want to find out the secret of creation, or whatever theory of the origin of the Universe. If I let go of this chance, it would be nearly equivalent to death, as far as I'm concerned. And my death is the only thing that bothers me as far the destruction of the universe is concerned. So better open it.
 
Rosnet: If an individual is given the opportunity to destroy the world, pehaps the world deserves destruction for being stupid.

Stupidty should be painful .
 
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