Thread: Psychology Experiment #2

Howdy, all. In the interests of getting to know one another better, I've decided to post up two questions (this is the second) that each of us can choose to answer (or not) so that everyone else can get to know us better. Throughout my life, I've found that I can learn quite a lot about a person if they give me honest answers to these two questions. I will put my answers up a bit later.

The question for this thread is:

If you had a genii pop out of your desk lamp and grant you a single wish, what would it be? It does not have to be something possible. (example, a pilot I know wished that he could fly without the airplane around him) The only rule is that the wish has to apply only to you, and not humanity in general (no wishing for whirled peas!) so be as selfish and honest as you care to be.

EXAMPLE FROM OTHER PEOPLE I HAVE SPOKEN TO:

(from a counseling student I knew) I wish I could just look inside someone's head and see what they really mean when they talk to me, because every language dilutes ideas, it seems, and hinders communication.


THIS IS NOT MINE, THIS IS ONLY A SAMPLE

I wish I could see the span of eternity at whatever speed I wish for the entire universe/multiverse.

If I cold choose something, it'd be one of the following 2:
- to live in a world where magic exists and I would be a sorcerer.
- to live until the end of the universe. Not because I am afraid of dying, but because I would really like to know what becomes of humanity and our galaxy. Will we survive for a while? Will we encounter alien life? Will we explore the galaxy? I have the fortune to live in an age where the sky is the limit and we are ever so slowly starting to look outward. But unfortunately, we will never get anywhere truly exciting within the span of my life (barring enormous breakthroughs in science and society).

I know the rules called for choosing one. But honestly, if I could choose, I wouln't know which of those to choose.

Originally Posted by jockeys

THIS IS NOT MINE, THIS IS ONLY A SAMPLE

I agree with Bruno in your other thread. This is your experiment and you should be participating, don't you think?

Me, I'd wish for an infinite number of wishes, coz 1 just isn't enough.

alright, now that I've got some hot java (indonesian, actually) flowing in my veins, I'm a little perkier and ready to express myself intelligibly.

while it's easy to wish for stuff like immortality or superpowers or the ability to crap c-notes, after careful consideration and years of thinking, it has occurred to me that none of these abilities, while appealing, would actually solve any of the difficulties in my life; merely postpone or delay them.

I have literally been thinking about this for years, and so this answer is not off the top of my head.

If I could have one with from a genii (or whatever) I'd wish for the ability to understand all humans, myself included, completely and thoroughly. I'd wish to grok the human psyche. That's it. If you read my post in the other thread, you'll see that all the people I look up to do this, to varying degrees.

I would wish for the only thing that I have every wanted and that is to know the truth.

I'm going to be the simpleton here.

I just want enough cash to live comfortably for the rest of my life.

I'm happy where I live, with my wife, etc. so the greatest stress in my lif is where I will have the $$$ to enjoy my life and do what I want to.

It was actually great during my recent un-employment I was free to help friend out with things, keep my house in order. I generally enjoyed helping keep the stress low of everyone around me it was great and through this whole period my biggest stress has been how to afford to keep on, do away with that and well...

+1 Have enough already in the bank so that you can help others enjoy life with you.

I'd tell the Genie to get back in the damn desk lamp. Then I'd return the lamp to BestBuy, cheap Taiwanese lamps with Genies popping out of them. Worse than kids toys with lead paint!