Pick One Sense or Die ?
Imagine that a " life threatening tumor " has been found inside your brain.
( Hope I am not treading on any real life situations here )
And It is lodged in such a way that it can only be removed / destroyed by effectively cauterising one of your five senses in the process.
Which of your Five senses would you choose to loose.
( A ) Hearing
( B ) Sight
( C ) Smell
( D ) Taste
( E ) Touch.
& Why ?
Or would you choose to retain them all till the the lights are switched off ?
As for me, I would give up ( C ) Smell..
Because I paint, eyesight is important as is music ( inspiration ) and taste..enjoying a good beer or pizza. etc..Touch..a woman's caresses..need I say more..?
But my sense of smell is pretty well shot anyway so it relatively easy...But I suspect women would keep their sense of smell..as they apparently have more sensitive noses...
( Hope I am not treading on any real life situations here )
And It is lodged in such a way that it can only be removed / destroyed by effectively cauterising one of your five senses in the process.
Which of your Five senses would you choose to loose.
( A ) Hearing
( B ) Sight
( C ) Smell
( D ) Taste
( E ) Touch.
& Why ?
Or would you choose to retain them all till the the lights are switched off ?
As for me, I would give up ( C ) Smell..
Because I paint, eyesight is important as is music ( inspiration ) and taste..enjoying a good beer or pizza. etc..Touch..a woman's caresses..need I say more..?
But my sense of smell is pretty well shot anyway so it relatively easy...But I suspect women would keep their sense of smell..as they apparently have more sensitive noses...
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But yeah, I'd probably go with smell too.
everything else would become more sensitive as a result... and you could mostly function normally... just have to get one of those seeing eye ponies or something...
But I definately don't want to lose the ESP.
The advantages are you never have to smell another fart. People could cook bacon and you would never be the wiser, therefore you would likely lose weight. You can go skunk hunting. See, the advantages are limitless.
On the other hand, a tougher question would be: If you could keep only one sense, and lose the rest, which would it be? I'd keep my sight above all else, but might very well rather be dead than have only my sight left.
if you don't believe me, sometime try eating your food with your nose plugged. everything tastes like ass.
besides, there are too many smells that are wonderfull. totally outweighs taste in my mind.
or maybe taste.
there are many things that smell that are indicative of bad. for instance hydrogen sulfide, by the time you smell it, it is already working its deathly magic...
Now an another stupid question, if you choose to remove a serious tumor of your limbs, do you choose to remove your arm or your leg ? \
Originally posted by Powerdoc
Now an another stupid question, if you choose to remove a serious tumor of your limbs, do you choose to remove your arm or your leg ? \
In this computer driven society, a leg, definitely.
..."honey, dinner's ready!"
I'd much rather lose taste. Then, I'm only losing one sense, thereby minimizing my senselessness. And lucky for me, I haven't enjoyed too many really spectacular foods, so I don't know what I'm missing. Ah fukc it, I'll just rob a bank and go to a better hospital.
Originally posted by Outsider
In this computer driven society, a leg, definitely.
Good answer, but this one is more difficult. If you have to choose betwen the removal of your arm or your head, what will be your choice ?
Next one, all your family is taken in hostages by terrorists, they ask you to choose the one who will be sacrifice (canno't be you) or they will shoot the whole family.
Do you choose to sacrifice :
1) your wife
2) your son
3) your daughter
4) your brother
5) your mother in law ?
Do you choose to sacrifice :
1) your wife
2) your son
3) your daughter
4) your brother
5) your mother in law ?
are you sure #5 qualifies as a sacrifice?
Originally posted by Powerdoc
Next one, all your family is taken in hostages by terrorists, they ask you to choose the one who will be sacrifice (canno't be you) or they will shoot the whole family.
Do you choose to sacrifice :
1) your wife
2) your son
3) your daughter
4) your brother
5) your mother in law ?
this is easy. i am not married and even if i would, i would not be it with a woman. so there is no nr 1. i have no kids either, so no 2 or 3. the lack of 1 excludes also nr 5, and the 4 will bery very unlikely be in the same place with me. so, i would choose the first person from my left or right that i don't know.