i sponged this from my girlfriend.
The United States has discovered a planet, Futura, in another galaxy whose environment is very similar to the Earth's. There is every indication that the planet will be able to support human life, although no human life has been detected on Futura. The US has just completed a spaceship that will be able to travel to Futura. The spaceship was built on a remote island in the Pacific Ocean and will only hold seven people. Your subgroup has been appointed by the government to select the first seven people to go to Futura. Your subgroup is in frequent contact with the chief scientist for this project. The spaceship is remarkable in that it has a new computer system that has already been programmed to automatically guide the ship to Futura without requiring a pilot.
Suddenly, a nuclear war breaks out among the world powers. It is New Year's Eve. Russia, China, The U.S. and Israel are already launching their nuclear warheads. It looks like the nuclear destruction may eliminate human civilization on this planet. The chief scientist frantically calls. The spaceship must take off in fifteen minutes to Futura or it will be destroyed. She and your subgroup believe that the seven people that go may be the only people left to start the human race again.
There are thirteen people at the spaceship. You must decide who will be selected. You have only fifteen minutes to make a decision. If a decision is not made in fifteen minutes, a nuclear warhead is apt to hit the island and destroy the spaceship. All you know about the thirteen people is the following:
1. Chief scientist, female, 47 years old
2. Hispanic peasant, female, 4 months pregnant
3. Black male, 3rd year medical student
4. White female, prostitute, 27 years old, Communist
5. While male, homosexual, Olympic athlete, 24 years old
6. White biology professor, 67 years old
7. Rabbi, 27 years old
8. White female, on general relief, 28 years old, arrested for several felonies, never been employed
9. Female home economist, 24 years old, white, has cerebral palsy
10. Korean child, male, 8 years old
11. White male, moderately retarded due to lack of oxygen at birth
12. White female elementary schoolteacher, 27 years old, has genital herpes
13. 28-year old white farmer who has a vasectomy
Who do you choose?
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My guess is the while male conquers the planet!
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Hey Stu,
I like your question!
Ok, here's my answer:
1. You need the Chief Scientist, because it is a new planet that nobody knows anything about.
2. You need the pregnant Hispanic lady, because that's like two people for the price (space in the ship) of one.
3. The third year medical student is useful, in case somebody gets sick.
5. The Olympic Athlete probably has some good genes. Even though he's gay, it doesn't really matter, he just has to impregnate the girl, not enjoy it.
8. Assuming that this lady's criminal behaviour isn't caused by genetics, she is the best choice of the remaining women. There needs to be another young fertile woman to repopulate the new planet.
10. The Korean Child is a good choice because he is young.
11. The moderately retarded male is a good selection because his retardation isn't genetic, so any of his offspring will presumably be mentally effecient.
Now for who got cut, and why:
4. Communist? Not on this planet thank you.
6. 67 years old? He'll be dead in a few years, and I don't think he's that virile.
7. I guess he'd be ok, but he'd probably try to convert everyone to Judaism and get in a fight.
9. I don't even know what a home economist is. Doesn't sound useful.
12. Nobody wants herpes.
13. Sure this guy knows how to farm, but I'm sure the medical student can figure it out. What do you need a guy who can't even reproduce hogging space on the new planet?
Also, Stu,
I tried to download that Arlo interview. The file was corrupted or something. I don't know.
Thanks for giving me something to waste my time on.
Peace.
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