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Future Dictator

Postby Admiral Nelson » Sat Nov 12, 2016 8:16 pm

If one knew the future, and pointed a player out to you then said:

"That player is going to be a ruthless dictator, who will be the reason why many players go inactive; Could you then wipe that player when he was a new player?"

Would you be able to?
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Re: Future Dictator

Postby Donald Trump » Sat Nov 12, 2016 8:18 pm

Basically the "Would you kill Hitler while he was a baby" question.
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Re: Future Dictator

Postby Admiral Nelson » Sat Nov 12, 2016 8:19 pm

Aye Aye Aye...

Regarding Hitler, one woman actually made a town surrender as it was where Hitler was born and the image of it would be bad enough... It was the midwife of Hitler that made the town surrender and she personally stated something along these lines.

" I had the power to kill Hitler in my hands, if I had knew what he was going to do "
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Re: Future Dictator

Postby DezNutz » Sat Nov 12, 2016 8:19 pm

John Avery wrote:If one knew the future, and pointed a player out to you then said:

"That player is going to be a ruthless dictator, who will be the reason why many players go inactive; Could you then wipe that player when he was a new player?"

Would you be able to?


BS question to begin with because no one would know the future. Furthermore, if someone knew the future, and did something to prevent it, you have yourself an instant paradox as the future they saw would no longer be true.
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Re: Future Dictator

Postby Bmw » Sat Nov 12, 2016 8:22 pm

if someone came from the future to kill someone or to fix a major problem that problem would never occur so they wouldnt ever be able to come back in time and kill that person or fix that one thing causing an instant paradox
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Re: Future Dictator

Postby Admiral Nelson » Sat Nov 12, 2016 8:22 pm

Getting off topic here...
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Re: Future Dictator

Postby DezNutz » Sat Nov 12, 2016 8:25 pm

John Avery wrote:Getting off topic here...


How is it off topic?
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Re: Future Dictator

Postby Admiral Nelson » Sat Nov 12, 2016 8:26 pm

Talking about paradoxes, who cares all you have to say is yes and no...
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Re: Future Dictator

Postby DezNutz » Sat Nov 12, 2016 8:37 pm

Ok, well then to answer your question, No.
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Re: Future Dictator

Postby ChaIbaud » Sat Nov 12, 2016 8:43 pm

In psychology, this is called hindsight bias. It means the illusion that one could have predicted a result and prevented it at the time of occurrence. Even if I knew what the baby would do, I wouldn't kill a newborn and killing Hitler would also result in a change in history and I don't want to mess with that
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