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Title: titanic sinking thought experiment
Post by: Dante Zairou on October 25, 2015, 07:32:37 PM

Ok, youre the captian of the titanic, the ship is in its last moments before sinking, what would YOU do?
Would you go down with the ship as is tradition and save the life of one more passgenger or would you take that spot for yoursef. Or would you do something else ?

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Post by: 138 on October 25, 2015, 07:37:50 PM

Probably go down with the ship. I would rather go ahead and die.

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Post by: Dante Zairou on October 25, 2015, 07:39:45 PM

*pats head * very honorable i guess

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Post by: Keinai on October 25, 2015, 10:46:17 PM

I would probably take that one annoying/critical/condescending passenger down with me.

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Post by: Dante Zairou on October 26, 2015, 12:47:07 AM

Very interesting , id like to see what people have to say about this scenereo

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Post by: Zane the Fox on October 30, 2015, 10:54:28 PM

Probably have the cook last quick meal so I have something to enjoy before I would bubble up.

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Post by: Obey138 (Matthew "Fluffy") on October 30, 2015, 11:00:26 PM

Captain never leaves a sinking ship. NEVER.

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Post by: Traum on October 30, 2015, 11:10:25 PM

my life is all I have and I won't give it away

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Post by: Dante Zairou on November 01, 2015, 02:09:57 AM

Quote from: Obey138 (Fluffy) on October 30, 2015, 11:00:26 PM

Captain never leaves a sinking ship. NEVER.

And to you goes 10 awesome points for being honorable

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Post by: Angder on November 01, 2015, 02:33:54 AM

Let everyone else off first in the lifeboats/whatever, me and the remaining people aboard would then find some other means to survive, only giving up when we are dead.

If it was my Fursona doing it, we would probably succeed somehow. though in real life, I would fail and die. :(

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Post by: kalan on November 01, 2015, 02:39:00 AM

Screw honor, im getting the hell off the ship

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Post by: Ræfóa Aldrnari on November 01, 2015, 03:28:45 PM

I'd probably faint, 'cause I think the sea is terrifying *chills running down my spine* :(

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Post by: Aelyn Frostwolf on November 03, 2015, 07:49:51 PM

Probably go down with the ship as per tradition. But then again you can never say for sure what you would do in a life or death situation, survival instincts and such

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Post by: anoni on November 06, 2015, 01:42:12 PM

Sometimes it's very easy to say "Oh I'd do the moral decision", but humans have a biological urge for self-preservation, this urge can very easily get in the ways of morals or logic. When you're in the state of mind of fear, cold water surrounding you, all you can think about is the pain of drowning, losing your life, all your progress that you have ever made ended and for naught. I think most people then wouldn't be thinking "I'll go down with the ship" or "I'll sacrifice myself to save another person". Fear is one of humanities strongest and most motivating factors, usually stronger than morals and ethics.