Apocalypse Soon... would you tell?

[KaeYoss]

Disclaimer: This thread is NOT meant to help me make up my mind about anything I'm thinking of right now. I don't have any information concerning the end of civilisation, humanity, the planet, the universe, or anything else!

Let's say you (and more or less you alone) receive incontrovertible information about the certain, inevitable end of the world. Maybe you're the president and gain top secret information from NASA about the sun exploding soon, or God tells you that he will smash the planet with a hammer.

Let's assume that there's nothing anyone on earth could do to prevent this, that there's no chance at all of anyone surviving, and that you have a pretty exact date - anything between a couple of days from now and a couple of months from now.

And assume that you alone decide whether the world will be told or not: If you want, you can prove it to everyone beyond any doubt, or keep it absolutely secret.

What would you do? Would you tell everyone that they're about to die, or would you remain silent, and why would you do what you'd do?

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1) Given the opening point of "Total Extinction event"

and 2) Only you know.

The scale then between the example of 1) Days to months

And 2) From 'Average Joe'/' Average Joellen' up to 'President'/'Country Leader'

These are very large parameters.

So, from a Presidential point of view with months of planning?

Do the best to keep the lid on things and plan for SOME small group to be able to ride out the event. (The first part, of course, being the actual hardest to impossible part)

TO the "Average person with days" Sit back, do the normal job/day to day things and appreciate what every one has....

[snobi]

KaeYoss wrote:

What would you do?

I think it's against board rules to say what I'd do.

KaeYoss wrote:

Would you tell everyone that they're about to die, or would you remain silent,

Remain silent.

KaeYoss wrote:

and why would you do what you'd do?

I'd do what I'd do because it would be fun.

I wouldn't tell others because 1. I think there might be total chaos and that might get in the way of me doing my fun stuff and 2. I think others would enjoy participating in activities similar to mine and that would decrease my level of enjoyment knowing that they're having just as much fun as me.

[Irv]

No, if true it would do no good, if false it would do far worse harm.

My position is probably kind of unique, I'm a dead man typing. By all rights and purposes, if what my doctors told me were true, I shouldn't be visible. To have that information just becomes kind of ironic.