THE PARACHUTE PARADIGM
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You are one of two people on a malfunctioning airplane with only one
parachute.
*Pessimist:* you refuse the parachute because you might die in the jump
anyway.
*Optimist:* you refuse the parachute because people have survived jumps
just like this before.
*Procrastinator:* you play a game of Monopoly for the parachute.
*Bureaucrat:* you order them to conduct a feasibility study on
parachute use in melti-engine aircraft under corde red conditions.
*Lawyer:* you charge one parachute for helping them sue the airline.
*Doctor:* you tell them you need to run more tests, then take the
parachute in order to make your next appointment.
*Sales executive:* you sell them the parachute at top retail rates and
get the names of their friends and relatives who might like one too.
*Internal Revenue Service:* you confiscate the parachute along with
their luggage, wallet, and gold fillings.
*Advertiser:* you strip-tease while singing that what they need is a
neon parachute with computer altimeter for only $39.99.
*Engineer:* you make them another parachute out of aisle curtains and
dental floss.
*Scientist:* you give them the parachute and ask them to send you a
report on how well it worked.
*Mathematician:* you refuse to accept the parachute without proof that
it will work in all cases.
*Philosophy:* you ask how they know the parachute actually exists.
*English:* you explicate simile and metaphor in the parachute
instructions.
*Comparative Literature:* you read the parachute instructions in all
four languages.
*Computer Science:* you design a machine capable of operating a
parachute as well as a human being could.
You are one of two people on a malfunctioning airplane with only one
parachute.
*Pessimist:* you refuse the parachute because you might die in the jump
anyway.
*Optimist:* you refuse the parachute because people have survived jumps
just like this before.
*Procrastinator:* you play a game of Monopoly for the parachute.
*Bureaucrat:* you order them to conduct a feasibility study on
parachute use in melti-engine aircraft under corde red conditions.
*Lawyer:* you charge one parachute for helping them sue the airline.
*Doctor:* you tell them you need to run more tests, then take the
parachute in order to make your next appointment.
*Sales executive:* you sell them the parachute at top retail rates and
get the names of their friends and relatives who might like one too.
*Internal Revenue Service:* you confiscate the parachute along with
their luggage, wallet, and gold fillings.
*Advertiser:* you strip-tease while singing that what they need is a
neon parachute with computer altimeter for only $39.99.
*Engineer:* you make them another parachute out of aisle curtains and
dental floss.
*Scientist:* you give them the parachute and ask them to send you a
report on how well it worked.
*Mathematician:* you refuse to accept the parachute without proof that
it will work in all cases.
*Philosophy:* you ask how they know the parachute actually exists.
*English:* you explicate simile and metaphor in the parachute
instructions.
*Comparative Literature:* you read the parachute instructions in all
four languages.
*Computer Science:* you design a machine capable of operating a
parachute as well as a human being could.
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