Cypherpunks IQ Test to the Sirs of Dillinger, Brown & Packet, et. al.

[Aimee Farr]

Daniel said: "Next Question?"

Do you have a problem with commitment? I do not mean to imply that you
aren't faithful.

	-Aimee

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-cypherpunks at lne.com [mailto:owner-cypherpunks at lne.com]On
> Behalf Of Daniel J. Boone
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 1:44 PM
> To: cypherpunks at einstein.ssz.com
> Subject: Re: Cypherpunks IQ Test to the Sirs of Dillinger, Brown &
> Packet, et. al.
>
>
> > CYPHERPUNKS IQ TEST
> > QUESTION #1.
>
> I'll play, and I won't even hide behind a nym.  (Nothing against
> persistant
> nyms, but I snicker when people create new ones to make flippant
> statements
> they don't want associated with their persistant ones.  Cowards....)
>
> > You are walking through the woods alone. A beautiful unclothed woman
> > magically appears in front of you. She holds out an apple.
> >
> > 1. Please darken in the correct choice using a Number Two pencil:
> >
> > (a) you bite the apple.
> > (b) you take the woman.
> > (c) you run away.
> > (d) a and b, but not c.
> > (e) b and c only.
> > (f) all of the above.
> > (g) none of the above.
> >
> > 2. Please justify your answer:
>
>
> (a) is right out.  The apple is obviously bait.  Nobody with more
> brain than
> a rat bites obvious bait unless it's really tasty looking.  I don't like
> apples that much no matter how beautiful the fruit bowl is.
>
> (b) is trickier.  Is she bait too?  Probably.  But see comment about tasty
> looking above.  Risk exists we wind up measuring IQ of little head.  Also,
> is she a witch?  Wow, it gets more interesting.  Witches can be a
> LOT of fun
> and are worth taking risks for.  Only trouble is she'll toss yer shoes in
> the long run unless you can at least respect her gods, and she's probably
> going to catch you if you fake it.  Finally, "take"?  That's
> ambiguous.  If
> we are talking offer and acceptance, with meeting of minds and whatever,
> that's one thing.  If we are talking "Me Og, Og bonk yummy witch and drag
> back to cave" it's rather another thing.  I would say circumstances and
> literary tradition suggest the former, unless body language and subsequent
> conversation indicate otherwise.  So leave (b) on the list of possible
> answers.
>
> (c) is right out.  BZZZT!  Wrong answer.  How many times in your life do
> fairy tale things happen to you?  Reward is commensurate with risk -- "and
> he and the beautiful witch lived happily ever after" is a
> possible outcome.
> Not to diminish the possibility of "and the ugly toad never left the swamp
> until the end of his days" but c'mon man, if you've got an ounce of
> adventure in your soul you'll stick around a bit and scope things
> out before
> skedaddling like a wuss.
>
> (a) and (b) together are out, because (a) is out.  Basic logic.  So (d) is
> out.
>
> (e) is out because (c) is out.  Also because it's rude.  A
> gentleman should
> stick around for coffee or better yet breakfast, and should
> promise to call,
> and then should DO it -- at least once.  (Christ, that sounds
> like something
> out of "The Notebooks of Lazarus Long" -- I must be getting old.)
>
> (f) and (g) are unsatisfactory for the reasons expressed above.
>
> So it looks like (b), by simple process of elimination.  Next question?
>
> -- Daniel