Dilemma 3/31/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. The only copy of an invention that would ensure world peace, and all its related documentation, are destroyed in a fire.
2. A newly discovered medical serum that would ultimately lead to immortality, and all its related documentation, are destroyed in a fire.

Dilemma 3/30/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. You have to kill your own food to eat.
2. You can only eat flavorless synthetic food.

Dilemma 3/29/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. You accidentally kill someone.
2. You deliberately kill someone in self-defense.

Dilemma 3/28/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. You are kept in a sensory overload room for a week.
2. You are kept in a sensory deprivation tank for a week.

Dilemma 3/27/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. Someone secretly makes a baby using your egg or sperm.
2. Someone secretly clones you.

Dilemma 3/26/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. Your partner develops a severe chronic physical problem.
2. Your partner develops a severe chronic mental problem.

Dilemma 3/25/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. Your skin turns bright green.
2. Your skin turns bright orange.

Dilemma 3/24/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. You find conclusive proof that a supreme deity exists.
2. You find conclusive proof that a supreme deity does not exist.

Dilemma 3/23/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. You are unable to communicate with anyone outside your immediate family.
2. You are unable to communicate with anyone who is a member of your immediate family.

Dilemma 3/22/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. Humans become the slaves of an alien race.
2. Our current infrastructure is destroyed by an alien race.

Dilemma 3/21/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. Your favorite vacation spot is paved over and turned into a mega-mall.
2. You are no longer able to go on vacations outside of your home town.

Dilemma 3/20/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. You get a job requires you to work 10 hours a day, seven days a week.
2. Your partner gets a job that requires your partner work 10 hours a day, seven days a week.

Dilemma 3/19/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. You develop permanent, chronic insomnia.
2. You develop a permanent, chronic cold.

Dilemma 3/18/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. An experimental vehicle that runs on air is prevented from reaching the market because there is a 1% chance it will explode in a low-impact accident.
2. A car company decides not to issue a recall for a flaw that has a small chance of causing deaths because the cost of the recall would probably be higher than the cost of the lawsuits that would result.

Dilemma 3/17/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. A doctor gives up a career that would have included finding a cure for a deadly disease in order to be a stay-at-home parent.
2. A doctor gives up a career that would have included saving the life of an important world leader in order to be a caregiver for aging parents.

Dilemma 3/16/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. You discover that your ten year old child smokes cigarettes.
2. You discover that your ten year old child drinks alcohol.

Dilemma 3/15/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios*. Which would you prevent?

1. A strip joint opens in your neighborhood.
2. A Wal-Mart opens in your neighborhood.


*These scenarios courtesy of Eden.

Dilemma 3/14/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. A friend walks out too far on a frozen lake and falls through.
2. A friend is swimming alone at a beach and becomes caught in a rip current.

Dilemma 3/13/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. Your parent dies.
2. Your child dies.

Dilemma 3/12/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. You betray a core value to help someone you love.
2. You lose your relationship with someone you love when you adhere to a core value.

Dilemma 3/11/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. Your emotional needs are being met, but your physical needs are not.
2. Your physical needs are being met, but your emotional needs are not.

Dilemma 3/10/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. You lose an important memory, but do not realize you have lost it.
2. You lose an important memory, but do realize you have lost it.

Dilemma 3/9/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. The country is plunged into a civil war.
2. The country is plunged into an international war.

Dilemma 3/8/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. Scientists successfully clone Genghis Khan.
2. Scientists successfully clone Julius Caesar.

Dilemma 3/7/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. You are imprisoned in pleasant place for life.
2. You are imprisoned in a hellish place, but know you will eventually get out of it.

Dilemma 3/6/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. You are in a situation where you have to decide whether to save the life of a friend or the life of your friend's child.
2. You are in a situation where you have to decide whether to save the life of a friend or your own life.

Dilemma 3/5/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. Your government stops funding education.
2. Your government stops funding security services.

Dilemma 3/4/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. The government bans coffee because of its negative health effects.
2. The government bans donuts because of their negative health effects.

Dilemma 3/3/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. Anybody can legally own and carry a gun.
2. Everybody legally owns and carries a gun.

Dilemma 3/2/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. Advertisers start projecting ads into the night sky.
2. Billboard ads include cameras that track your eye movements and customize the ads accordingly.

Dilemma 3/1/09

You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?

1. You are trapped on a desert island with a lion.
2. You are trapped on a desert island with a rhinoceros.