What would you ask a person who knew everything?

[JohnRM]

Say you met a person who knew EVERYTHING. You tested this fact and know it to be true. You're ready to ask him/her for all the answers to questions that you've ever wanted to know. What do you ask?

For the sake of argument, we'll say that the limit on questions is '10' and there is no limit on the time/length of the answers you might be given.

 

[Synobun]

Say you met a person who knew EVERYTHING. You tested this fact and know it to be true. You're ready to ask him/her for all the answers to questions that you've ever wanted to know. What do you ask?

For the sake of argument, we'll say that the limit on questions is '10' and there is no limit on the time/length of the answers you might be given.

1. What is the most efficient path to disrupting the current human social model and steering it towards a higher appreciation towards the sciences and the proper raising of a child?

i. I would ask that because it would be interesting to document and hopefully set it into motion. The current society we live in, while not the worst it could be, is not high up on the list either.

2. What are the numbers for the next giant lotto, and when?

ii. Selfish reasons. Money to do with as I please. Granted, most would go towards to whatever question 1 yielded, but nonetheless it is selfish.

3. Where is the nearest intelligent alien species?

iii. It would be cool to, after question 1 is achieved, pursue a goal such as meeting our first extraterrestrial species.

4. Is there an afterlife?

iv. Someone who knows "everything" is presumably in a position of incredible power. Asking if there is an afterlife is, of course, a given.

5. How does the afterlife work?

v. It would be interesting to find out the exact mechanics of it, or at least get informed of what it's like and what choices you are given.

I only have time to post five right now. May add more later. May not. Depends, I suppose.

 

[Ramius75]

What was before the big bang.

 

[ZeletDude]

3. Where is the nearest intelligent alien species?

I like that question, I'd probably ask this, along with "Will we ever be able to contact them?" or something along those lines.

 

[AlpsStranger]

Is there a God?

If yes, what can you tell me about God? The answer, of course, might be "he's me" since this person knows everything

If no, is there anything else that might be considered a 'higher power?"

Also, lotto numbers.

 

[Ailedhoo]

1) What is the ultimate question to the ultimate answer that be 42?

2) What is the secret to speedy space travel?

3) How best to harnest fushion power as a power source?

4) Can you give us the cure to cancer?

5) How do we set up a succesful colony on Mars?

6) What is the best form of democracy?

7) What is the greatest form of education?

8) What tactic will lead me to take over the world?

9) How do we become gods?

10) Can you set out all your knowledge into a collection of volums so that I can access them for my plot for setting a eternal dictatorship... I mean to help ensure full enlighment and peace for humanity?

 

[Masada]

How much did Uncle Joe know?

 

[Nuka-sama]

Penn State?

 

[Kraznaya]

Who killed Ray Gricar on PSU's behalf?

 

[Tee Kay]

How do you make death not-painful for your friends and family (if any).

 

[warpus]

1. How was the universe created? Was it?
2. How would you unify gravity with the theory of relativity?
3. Any truth to string theory? Detailed explanation required.
4. How many of the UFOs we've witnessed in the last 5,000 years have been guided by intelligent beings? Give me background information on each one that was.
5. Lotto numbers, etc.
6. Please give me a list of all the girls who find me attractive enough for coitus.
7. Is there life anywhere in this solar system? If so, what is it?
8. How did life begin anyway?
9. Why do moths have powdery wings?

 

[luiz]

Is there a God?

If yes, what can you tell me about God? The answer, of course, might be "he's me" since this person knows everything

If no, is there anything else that might be considered a 'higher power?"

Also, lotto numbers.

Yeah, this.

 

[classical_hero]

Are you a liar? Any one who knows everything would have to be God, otherwise it is just boasting

 

[Gigaz]

I think any question that involves god is a question I would certainly not ask.
I'd also avoid question that might have the answer "this is impossible".


I'd definitely ask for an exact explanation to achieve eternal youth. When I know this I can as well take my time to find all the rest of the answers for myself.

 

[potatokiosk]

How did you come to know everything?

 

[Flying Pig]

To quote Spike Milligan:

Oh mirror, mirror! Please don't joke,
each one of us is stony broke!
Which horse will win tomorrow's race -
the Ascot Gold Cup steeplechase?

 

[Traitorfish]

Is it possible to know everything? Knowledge is necessarily constructed in perspectival terms, so what is true for him might not be true for anybody else, or at the very least might not be entirely true. All we could say is that he knows everything that is true in his perspective, and it isn't certain how well any particular aspect of that knowledge would transfer to our perspective.





(And I'm only half taking the piss.)

 

[EnglishEdward]

1) What is the ultimate question to the ultimate answer that be 42?

What is six (6) times seven (7)?

2) What is the secret to speedy space travel?

Convert your DNA into a digital signal, add in instructions on building a human
baby incubator and beam it by laser for re-assembly at the destination.

3) How best to harnest fushion power as a power source?

Put a solar panel on your car bonnet to stop the battery going flat.

4) Can you give us the cure to cancer?

Have yourself flash frozen in liquid helium and you need not fear cancer.

5) How do we set up a succesful colony on Mars?

Genetically engineer permafrost lichen and send their spores in a one way rocket.

6) What is the best form of democracy?

That practiced by the angels.

7) What is the greatest form of education?

Reading my posts on the Internet.

8) What tactic will lead me to take over the world?

That depends upon which world you are talking about.
No tactic will be successful for you in the real world,
so I suggest that you best play Civ in an imaginary world.

9) How do we become gods?

Play Civ at deity level.

10) Can you set out all your knowledge into a collection of volums so that I can access them for my plot for setting a eternal dictatorship... I mean to help ensure full enlighment and peace for humanity?

No, my knowledge grows infinitely and exceeds any recording rate.

How do you make death not-painful for your friends and family (if any).

Shoot them through the head with an anti-tank missile while they are asleep.

 

[NickyJ]

"What color is life?"

 

[Traitorfish]

...Pardon?