Everyone can delete exactly one person

[nerd1]

If the bible is written in the past, whats written in it its history

(and i meant eve in Adam and Eve)

Lord of the ring was written in the past but its content is not HISTORY. It is FICTION. That is exactly the same for the BIBLE.

Even if the Bible's Eve didn't exist, there was logically most likely still a living being on earth, at some point, that could be classified as the first female modern human.

Highly unlikely - see OT comments

actually, while you can believe some events were exaggerated, there was a man named Jesus Christ that preached, and the majority of the old testament is Jewish history. the only part that can be considered true fiction is genesis, and moderate Christians, like me, tend to interpret that as metaphor, not just fiction.

[Naesala]

Please please PLEASE don't let this degrade into an atheism versus christianity debate. This concept interests me, and I desperately want this thread to stay on topic. We can discuss hypothetically either side being right and the consequences associated with it, but please don't discuss which is truth and which isn't, we have other boards.

[furballdn]

Love how an interesting philosophical question turns into a religious debate~

Wouldn't the human race be very hard to survive if each person can delete exactly one other? Wouldn't we have eliminated or nearly eliminated each other? If it were something like, only 10% of the population had this ability or something, but then, that'd raise other questions, and it itself is a whole different question.

[SnoWeb]

a man named Jesus Christ

yes I believe "man" is the word too.

On topic:

- I don't think I know anyone worth deleting. I mean, it has to be someone I hate enough to waste my very special power on. Till now I havn't met this person (good for me). I think a good share of people would react like me and would not use their ability before the end.

- Some people would create religion over it. They could guruize the other to use their ability for the guru's benefit or claim that the only ones who goes to heaven would be those not using it at all.

- Some kids would kill their mum using it because "the bitch refused to buy me an Ipad for Christmas" and would regret it. Some parents would buy an Ipad to their idiot-adolescent kid to avoid being killed and would regret it too.

[yaladilae]

Actually, i had a mortal enemy on these boards, i think i have my answer

But now i don't hate that little kid anymore, so....

[Bloodshadow]

Am I the first person to think about deleting myself?

[OldTrees]

Am I the first person to think about deleting myself?

I believe (not sure) suicidal people were mentioned earlier. They would either use the deletion as a death throes or as a unstoppable means of escape.

[Retribution]

If everyone could delete one person...doesn't that theoretically mean that everyone in the world would die?

[Cheesy111]

If everyone could delete one person...doesn't that theoretically mean that everyone in the world would die?

Could =/= will.

[Naesala]

If everyone could delete one person...doesn't that theoretically mean that everyone in the world would die?

Everyone is already going to die ;P

[tyranim]

i think the auto defense of it throws the entire question off. a couple scenarios come to mind:
i try to kill someone and their deletion triggers, killing me, but then my deletion triggers killing them. we are both dead.
i try to delete someone and their deletion triggers. we are both dead.

now, would the defense trigger at the mere ATTEMPT? and not the actual eventuation of it? if so, then simply raising a gun to someone would trigger it killing both of you. this would make law enforcement IMPOSSIBLE. and it would also limit the need to use this to simple suicidal revenge only. any other use would just result in suicide and homicide.

to conclude, crime rate would indeed plummet, but mortality rate would probably increase (this portion is opinion).

[bobknows]

I think thr deletion is meant to be instantaneous, this means that deleting someone would not trigger their deletion.

Although law enforcement would be much nonexistant, the loss of protection that it losing it gives would be worth enough to deter the majority of cheap assassins.

Also, what would happen to currency? Banks would be useless as they are too easy to take over, money could only be exchanged in small amounts. I dont see anything that would be incredibly valuable (like a house or boat) being made as someone could literally just walk up and take it. It is unikely that the owner would value the deletion over the house, as them they have lost their only means if protection.

Finally, i see a division into 3 castes: those who have lost their deletion, those who have or pretend to have their deletion, and some small groups that reject deletion.
Those without one would be bullied and even enslaved by the ones with it, until those without got numbers to overrun their captors, causing them to lose their deletion and thier life.
People who still have theirs would most likely form small, tight groups to minimize the rusk of a murder chain, wheras those without would have to travel in packs to prevent enslavement


The hardest question for me is whether there would be more people with or without their deletion.

EDIT: whoa, didnt really mean to make such a wall of text. Might need to trim it down