View Poll Results: What would you do if you knew everything?

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  • Tell the world! Bow before me!

    3 12.00%
  • Keep it to myself. Who knows what would happen if I said anything

    2 8.00%
  • Keep it to myself and use it to secretly troll people

    2 8.00%
  • Open up a psychic hotline/advice line and use my power to make a living

    2 8.00%
  • Take over the world

    6 24.00%
  • Use it to better humanity

    11 44.00%
  • Ignore it/act like nothing happened

    1 4.00%
  • Go crazy

    5 20.00%
  • Tell/use it to help friends and family, but nothing more than that

    2 8.00%
  • Become a human lie detector

    4 16.00%
  • Enlighten everyone as to important things like the meaning of life

    4 16.00%
  • Tell people and then give them false info, either for benefit or to be an ass

    0 0%
  • Go on a lot of talk shows

    4 16.00%
  • Other

    10 40.00%
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    I'd do as much good as I could. There are a LOT of problems that could be fixed with more knowledge. And I'd try to share knowledge as well.

    Of course, there are some things that ought not to be told. Like Formy said, there are things which people have to find out for themselves.

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    I already know everything

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    Quote Originally Posted by escobert View Post
    I already know everything
    Do you even know what it's like to not know anything?
    This post brought to you by the power of boobs. Dear lord them boobs. Amen

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    I'd definitely try to use it to rule the world and probably get killed by a massive uprising.

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    I would use it for good to improve the world and our way of life.

    Though I would probably speak in riddles or something because I'm a bit of a prick.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bubba View Post
    I would use it for good to improve the world and our way of life.

    Though I would probably speak in riddles or something because I'm a bit of a prick.
    Speaking in riddles helps to confuse those who would try and overthrow you. I mean what if somebody else suddenly knew eveything? Then maybe your genius plan would work.
    As for me, I know and remember a lot so knowing more would probably be more painful. I'd also have to have some kind of level headed gift along with knowing everything.

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    Knew everything? Like everything there is to know in the entire universe?

    I might very well just kill myself because it's the only way i can imagine ever dying content. When there's nothing left to learn. And the thought of continuing to exist in such a scenario sounds utterly boring.

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    Assuming such knowledge didn't drive me to a bumbling fool, I would use my knowledge to control the world from the shadows and then plot against my regime to alleviate my boredom.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vivi22 View Post
    Knew everything? Like everything there is to know in the entire universe?

    I might very well just kill myself because it's the only way i can imagine ever dying content. When there's nothing left to learn. And the thought of continuing to exist in such a scenario sounds utterly boring.
    Lots of people talking about offing themselves if they knew everything. Honestly, that doesn't make sense to me. If you really knew everything and were able to tell this knowledge to others, it would be the most important thing in human history. Surely you should at least tell it to someone first! Deliberately dying without in some way communicating at least some of this knowledge would be one of the most selfish things imaginable.

    Like other people have said, you could always use your infinite knowledge to find a way to erase that knowledge from your mind once you've shared the important stuff. If you knew everything, that would necessarily include the knowledge of how to make yourself forget anything. No need to off yourselves, guys!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mister Adequate View Post
    I'd definitely try to use it to rule the world and probably get killed by a massive uprising.
    I'd rule the world too. Except, I wouldn't be killed in some massive uprising because I would know exactly whom to assassinate, buy, convince to my side or whatnot to prevent said uprising. I would also know the exact details of the person's vice and how to get it. Here's a little thing for you:

    If you knew everything, about anything, about anyone and everyone. Provided your brain could theoretically handle that as a thing. The answer to the great question of "Is there a God?" would be yes. It would be you. Think about it:

    You're all knowledgable... knowledge is power, knowing absolutely everything makes you all powerful, you don't need to be somewhere to know something happened so you're omniprescence.

    You would in effect be the God Emperor of Mankind.

    The real issue would be to not let hubris get the better of you, not buy in to your own greatness so much that you start to believe no one would harm you.

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    What if your knowledge worked like a magic eight ball? Except, you know, accurate and inside your head. Meaning you wouldn't know an answer unless you ask a question. So all of the knowledge would be there, but not at the same time. You'd need to pull it out first. Would that change things or your feelings on it? Would it make a big difference?

    Just thought it would be an interesting aspect to discuss

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    If you were open about having such an ability, you would either become an experiment or dead. What would be interesting would be changing how you would die, since you would already know that as well.
    "I'm seeing it clearer/Hating the picture in the mirror/They claim we inferior/So why the f**k these devils fear ya?/I'm watching my nation die genocide the cause/Expect a blood bath/The aftermath is y'alls/I told ya last album, we need help cause we dying/Give us a chance, help us advance cause we trying/Ignore my whole plea, watching us in disgust/And then they beg when my guns bust/They don't give a f**k about us" 2pac ft. Outlawz- "They Don't Give a F**k About Us"

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    If I knew everything? I'd cure Cancer and any sort of long term ailments like Lupus, Diabetes, etc. Then I'd promptly shoot myself in the head.

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