Chance

Question of the Week #178

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You are leading 100 people whose lives are in danger and you must choose between two courses of action. One would save only 90 people; the other would have a 50 percent chance of saving everyone but were it to fail, everyone would die. Which would you choose? I'd go with door number one. I'm … Continue reading Question of the Week #178

Question of the Week #44

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You are offered $1,000,000 for the following act: Before you are ten pistols--only one of which is loaded. You must pick up one of the pistols, point it at your forehead, and pull the trigger. If you can walk away you do so a millionaire. Would you accept the risk? There was a time when … Continue reading Question of the Week #44