Destroy The World? Great!

Thursday, 11 October, 2007

I was reminded the other day of a quote from Terminator 2, in which John Connor is feeling uncertain as to the future of the Human race, and asks the Terminator whether everyone will make it or not. The Terminator replies by uttering the line:

“It’s in your nature to destroy yourselves”

Now for a hypothetical. Lets say someone is in control of a big red button, which must not be pressed under any circumstances, as pressing the button will destroy the entire world and the controller is prefectly aware of this.

Now, you’ve got to wonder, how many people would willingly choose to press this button, knowing it will destroy everything?  That’s one to think about.