Hypothetically if you were stuck in a room with no way out.

[Red Squirrel]

Is this hypothetical room some sort of allusion to a country that gets taken over by socialists? If so, you might want to alter the imagery slightly, by placing say a dozen of them in that room. I'd like to see them try to vote themselves more free stuff while being trapped in that room. I bet all the mindless harping over that orange guy would stop right quick too.

The capitalist analogy to that is you have 12 people but only one of them gets food. The others get the crumbs.

 

[DigDog]

the answer is: nothing

this is a logic problem, and our brain tends to fill in the gaps, but this is not immediately evident.

if i was a real person, in a real locked room, my behaviour would stem from what's outside of the room, not from what is inside. since this is a hypothetical, the elements which dictate how you would behave, are not present in the problem.

 

[Pulsar]

What would you do?

In this room there is no food or water. There is nothing but a bed.

Would you just wait till you die of dehydration or would you kill with a faster way?

I would look around twice so I could see what I saw. I would use the saw to cut the bed in half. Two halves make a hole. I'd climb out the hole.

 

[Darwin333]

That's a scary thought. They better offer good compensation for that. I'm not gay, but 20 bucks is 20 bucks.

My friend wants to know if he can get a multi-person discount?

 

[BoomerD]

Is there a story behind that?

Yes...but I'm not telling it here. It WAS a fairly long stay however...and I DO NOT want to repeat it.

 

[Rubycon]

Get in the fridge.

It's the Movies and (of course) it's the Invincible Indiana Jones but the physics is way off.
No way a mere mortal will survive a beating like that.
I'm sure a junkyard operator with a 50s vintage Kelvinator fancying a four storey tall trebuchet would be willing to test this.
Big question is, who's riding in the box?

 

[BurnItDwn]

start a fire and burn the place down.

 

[torpid]

start a fire and burn the place down.

Huh. I was just going to post that I'd probably just sort of laze about and not make any decision about what to do and see what happens. I guess we both chose our usernames well.

 

[IronWing]

I'd sit quietly. Eventually either Citibank would show up with a CC offer or my alumni association would beg for money and I'd leave with the postal carrier.

 

[Proprioceptive]

I think Schrodinger has a postulate for this scenario....

 

[IronWing]

I think Schrodinger has a postulate for this scenario....

He should really have that looked at.

 

[BudAshes]

 

[MtnMan]

Like this thread?


Oh wait, there's the back button...... bye

 

[Cappuccino]

You could swallow the bed sheets and choke yourself or alternatively you can sleep on the bed and wake up fresh tomorrow.