Cypherpunks IQ Test to the Sirs

[Alex B. Shepardsen]

Does this list have any male members who aren't misogynists? Sheesh.
Aimee's post seems to have flushed them out of the woodwork.

Alexandra

On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Meyer Wolfsheim posting as Anonymous wrote:

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> On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Aimee Farr wrote:
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> > CYPHERPUNKS IQ TEST
> >
> > QUESTION #1.
> >
> > 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:
>
> The answer is "G".
>
> > (a) you bite the apple.
>
> Biting the apple is stupid.  TANSTAAFL is rarely false under any
> circumstance, and absolutely never false when it is a woman offering
> gifts.  If that apple isn't poisoned or rotten, it's at least going to
> cost you more than it is worth. What do you want an apple for anyway?
> Do you need this apple? Are you starving? There might be certain
> circumstances where the apple is worth more to you than your continued
> well-being and sanity, but these would be rare. Usually you are better
> off dead. One is never advised to enter into contract with the devil
> simply because Mephistopheles appears in your living room. Be sure to
> have a damn good reason if you accept the apple, and be aware that
> this isn't a gift. It's a strategic barter for an exchange of goods or
> services unknown.
>
> (b) you take the woman.
>
> "Take" is ambiguous, but this can be interpreted as "advance the
> relationship with the woman past that of "stranger met in a passing
> encounter in the woods". This is a bad idea. Generally, one should avoid
> all relationships with women if it can be helped. The cost/benefit ratio
> is weighted heavily against them.
>
> Beauty is a flawed idea, and since beauty is indeed in the eye of the
> beholder, it is much more economical for you to consider the mundane
> beautiful. That way you won't be tempted by such things.
>
> And nothing a woman says can ever be trusted, *especially* one who is
> naked. Naked women always lie.
>
> (c) you run away.
>
> At first glance, this may appear to be the right thing to do. However,
> running away will make the woman more determined to ruin your life. A
> better option would be to back away very slowly, and hope she doesn't
> follow. If that fails, look for a big stick, and knock her unconscious,
> then run away.
>
>
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