The world is going to be destroyed...

Poll

How would you choose the 1 million people?

The world governments found this out in advance, so were able to create advanced spaceships that can hold 1 million people. Therefore, 1 million people from the planet can be saved, and the rest will perish. These new spaceships can house life for centuries, but it is likely the inhabitants will search for a planet or moon to colonise.

Hypothetically, you have to decide the requirements for choosing the 1 million people. How would you decide?

Completely random? Like a lottery, so there's no discrimination?

Or, would you specify requirements, such as:

- IQ?
- Academic qualifications?
- Area of expertise? So there's a sufficient number of doctors, engineers, scientists, and so on.
- Atheism? So the new human civilisation avoids conflicts caused by religion.
- Looks? So the 1 million isn't just full of average/ugly people.
- Criminal background?

Reply 1

Nextmove

I'd hide the spaceship somewhere in the middle of no where underground so its undetecable by any modern technology and the first few people to find it could decide who they want to come and the people who get to come get to decide the others who come and so on and so on.

Reply 2

username234673

17

Me + the world's top 999,999 sexiest women.

:yep:

Reply 3

Mechie

15

The most religious get on :colonhash:

Reply 4

Norfolkadam

18

I'd want something like Noah's Ark, a human from every field.

Reply 5

hazelsaurus

13

I would leave behind -
criminals,
religious people (if gods *real* he'll save them),
people with IQs under 95,
chavs/people who are really a waste of space to be honest,

Reply 6

kuroshokora

2

Random, but stratified proportionally to the actual population. It might create a world that has exactly the same problems as this one, but at least it would be fair.

Reply 7

TheCurlyHairedDude

3

mikeyd85

Me + the world's top 999,999 sexiest women.

:yep:

You'd get bored lol

Honestly, that may sound gay but it's true.

Reply 8

username234673

17

TheCurlyHairedDude

You'd get bored lol

Honestly, that may sound gay but it's true.

Yeah, I know. I'd never have the courage to do anything with them! :rofl:

Reply 9

dental-school

Wtf how many threads do you make per day. Get a life.

Reply 10

Chucklefiend

12

200,000 people selected based on skills, abilities and professions i.e. Doctors, engineers, scientists, teachers etc. The remaining 800,000 allocated via random lottery.

Sorted. :smile:

Reply 11

Margaret Thatcher

OP

11

kuroshokora

Random, but stratified proportionally to the actual population. It might create a world that has exactly the same problems as this one, but at least it would be fair.

So, you would have the world's leading geniuses left behind, in the name of fairness? Life isn't fair, that's why the world is being destroyed and billions of people will die.

Reply 12

TheRealDarthVader

14

I think we should filter the gene pool. It is unfair on life that some people are able to breed, meaning that a soul is transplanted into what turns out to be an awful human being.

Find 250,000 super nerds.
Find 250,000 big and attractive men (screen them with an intelligence test and a douchebaggery test)
Find 500,000 attractive and fertile women.

Then you pair them off.

The way to police the population is to cull the stupid. If anyone turns out to be a dumbass they will be ejected into space.

Also, no Welsh people.

Reply 13

SatanIsAwesome

13

Each leader involved would get to pick who to take from their respective countries, the number would depends on their country's population.
Of course there would be a basic guideline, like a minimum of 50 engineers or w/e.

Reply 14

Liquidus Zeromus

17

One million people is far too many. Only 44,000 virgin maidens deserve to be saved. Plus myself :gah:

Reply 15

TheCurlyHairedDude

3

mikeyd85

Yeah, I know. I'd never have the courage to do anything with them! :rofl:

Lol epic. I don't even know who I'd take :/

THREAD : I think 100,000 should be random picks, 100,000 also get picked who get to choose 1 per person so that's an extra 100,000,

Then loads of smart guys to figure out stuffs lol

Reply 16

Margaret Thatcher

OP

11

dental-school

Wtf how many threads do you make per day. Get a life.

Go prune some teeth or something.

Reply 17

aliii

9

Margaret Thatcher

The world governments found this out in advance, so were able to create advanced spaceships that can hold 1 million people. Therefore, 1 million people from the planet can be saved, and the rest will perish. These new spaceships can house life for centuries, but it is likely the inhabitants will search for a planet or moon to colonise.

Hypothetically, you have to decide the requirements for choosing the 1 million people. How would you decide?

Completely random? Like a lottery, so there's no discrimination?

Or, would you specify requirements, such as:

- IQ?
- Academic qualifications?
- Area of expertise? So there's a sufficient number of doctors, engineers, scientists, and so on.
- Atheism? So the new human civilisation avoids conflicts caused by religion.
- Looks? So the 1 million isn't just full of average/ugly people.
- Criminal background?

This sounds so like doctor who haha!

Anyway, I have no idea.. I would probably do it randomly, otherwise it's just not fair obviously. I would rather not have any real bad criminals on the spaceship though :s-smilie: