/lit/ - Literature

* Sociology: Estimate the sociological problems which might accompany the end of the world. Conduct an experiment to test your theory.
* Engineering: The disassembled parts of a high-powered rifle have been placed in in a box under your desk. You will also find an instruction book printed in Swahili. In ten minutes, a hungry Bengal tiger will be admitted to the room. Take what actions you deem necessary. Be prepared to defend your actions and justify your decision.
* Economics: Develop a realistic plan for refinancing the national debt. Trace the possible effects of your plan on the following areas: Cubism, the Donatist Controversy, and the Wave Theory of Light.
* Political Science: There is a red phone on the desk next to you. Start world War III. Report at length on its socio-economic impacts, if any.
* Epistemology: Take a position for or against Truth. Prove the validity of your position.
* Philosophy: Sketch the development of human thought. Estimate its significance. Compare with the development of any other kind of thought.
* General Knowledge: Define the universe. Give three (3) examples. Describe in detail, being objective and specific.

This pleases me greatly.

ok
now what?

I'd go for Public Speaking I think.

I'd probably take Psychology or Epistemology.
And I lol'd at "start World War 3. Report socio-economic impacts, if any."

General Knowledge would be the easiest.

I'm pretty sure solving this puzzle would be easier than Actually attempting all of these. I think if I were to spend the rest of my life preparing myself rigorously for the amount of knowledge and coordination, tackling these problems would require, I would have to spend the rest of eternity in the afterlife actually achieving these.

However this gets saved, so I have something to admire.

Philosophy, too, since the answer to the question would basically be the same as that to General Knowledge.

>Epistemology
>take position against truth

Politicsfag here, I'd take the public speaking.

I think I'd take the public speaking too.

Political Science turns in to an epic Creative Writing exam once you begin.

>* Engineering: The disassembled parts of a high-powered rifle have been placed in in a box under your desk. You will also find an instruction book printed in Swahili. In ten minutes, a hungry Bengal tiger will be admitted to the room. Take what actions you deem necessary. Be prepared to defend your actions and justify your decision.

I'd listen to some epic 80's, You're the best around, Push it to the limit,.. to prepare myself. Then as the tiger enters the room I grab my chair and hit his head as hard as I can, as long as I can. I'd give myself a good chance seeing I have the element of surprise, the advantage of distance due to using the chair, and I don't think tigers can resist hard bangs to the head with a chair.

Justification: I chose the most simple and effective tool available.

A+

All of you are idiots.
This is a copypasta trick question.

You are asked to READ all questions. Why did you assume that you had to ANSWER them.

It was used as some test, and only one dude got it.

If I had adequate funds starting ww3 would be pretty simple.

Destroy that artifact that the muslims of the world pray in the direction of, and through the use of false leaks, lead the world to believe that Israel did it under religious conviction of some sort. I mean right now they subjugate people without any sort of religious backing anyway.

Terrorists would jump at the opportunity thus uniting all radical groups against one common and much despised enemy.

While Muslims are normally a peaceful and rational group of people, the tenants of islam would require them to riotously defend their Faith, as is required in the Koran.

Most of the world powers have a vested interest in Israel in some way or another, so everyone else would be forced into the situation.

Sounds ridiculously convoluted, but somebody with money could find skilled people to carry out such a misinformation campaign.

4 hours? Not even possible. 8 years to orchestrate the entire deception? Convoluted but possible.

>>1002012

Obviously this is a trick question, but some of us like thinking about such useless thing.

>>1002015

Hitler approves of this message.

>>1002015
>While Muslims are normally a peaceful and rational group of people

>>1002015
>8 years to piss off muslims
wtf
bomb -> mecca -> ww3

>>1002015

Oh yeah and if inception were real, this would be the easiest way to destroy the world.

However it would take at least 4-5 years for this to even be viable, since we don't have this technology...

>>1001982
I HATE YOU.

>>1001982
What the hell? some of these are literally impossible

also, this is hilarious, gj

>engineering
That one is surprisingly easy if you're even remotely familiar with firearms. I'd recommend writing something more difficult, in line with the rest.

>>1001982
How thick can the line be?
Does it have to be straight?
Am I allowed to go through the walls?

thinking like that is usually behind the answers to all of those things.

>>1002059
protip: you cant go through walls, the whole thing is impossible

It amuses me to no end that you guys truly thought about solving such stupid and non-existing problems, like
>* Biology: Create life. Estimate the differences in subsequent human culture if this form of life had developed 500 million years earlier, with special attention to its probable effect on the English parliamentary system. Prove your thesis mathematically.
oh yeah, like, totally doable, right?

>>1002064
i mean, it's pretty much the konigsberg bridge problem? right?

>>1002038

Perhaps but it would be more complex than that, they would need a target to hate that everyone has vested interest in. America wouldn't work because they wouldn't have any sort of material gain from further militarization, we're already stretched pretty thin.

Israel makes the most sense, look at their attitude towards foreigners anyway. Their neighbors are just looking for an excuse to band together to destroy them.

>some people in this thread have never heard of the G.O.A.T.

>>1002074
what's that?

>>1002074
i once thought about having sex with a goat, but never didi it. mainly because i couldnt find one. but i think i would have chickend out in the last moment anyway.

>>1002079

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uItMxuwl95A

>>1002042
>>1002047
>>1002059
>>1002064
>>1002072

Uhhh the reason that I used that puzzle was to show the futility of solving all of OP's challenges.

It's impossible to solve.

inb4 stupid semantical elements. You guys know what the rules mean. Also yes I know that through is misspelled, I didn't create image, drawling troughs at all the doors will just make you look like a /b/tard.

>* Epistemology: Take a position for or against Truth. Prove the validity of your position.

Premise: All hypotheses must either be true or false
Hypothesis: Truth is false
If this is the case, then non-Truth is true.
Ergo, Truth must exist, QED.

Don't mind me, just shaving the Barber of Seville.

>>1002089

Your premise is gibberish.

>>1002087

Oh yeah, and that is my actual face giving you a disapproving look.

/snooty snooty

>>1002087
I know it was impossible to solve, I was just pointing out that it was basically identical to the konigsberg bridge problem. Please, spare me your disapproval.

Also, I love that there's people legitimately being like "Wait, guys, I don't think some of these are possible." Fucking /lit/.

>>1002089

O RLY

>>1002107

Sorry, I was indiscriminate when clicking my quotes. You sir ate excluded from my disapproval, and are gifted with my respect. Which I guess..... doesn't really add up to much.

>>1002034

If you actually looked at the tenants of islam you would realize that the hateful minority is the only view most ever get.

I bet you also think all Christians are stupid bigots because of the stupid tele-evanglists that spout unbiblical bullshit.

Just shows everyone how hypocritically intolerant YOU
are.

/every once in a while I dignify trolls with a response

>>1001992

For some reason I lmao at that comment.

lol philosophy

* Epistemology: Take a position for or against Truth. Prove the validity of your position.

Hmmm I'll just try the impossible.

Axiom 1: Truth is equal to false.

I'm retarded.