Say you were offered the chance to be introduced to the great love of your life, your absolute perfect soul mate. The two of you will be perfect together– compatible personalities, the same taste in movies and books, sex so good you’ll temporarily lose the power of speech– but you’ll only be together for five years. At the end of five years, your partner will die, absolutely and inevitably– you’ll be told the time, place, and manner of their death, and nothing you do can stop it.<\/p>\n
This person is perfect for you, but there is absolutely no way you will ever meet by chance. The only chance you have of meeting is to be introduced by the person who will also tell you the time, place, and manner of your soul mate’s death. Or, you can go on with your life as it is now, and just make the best you can of what you have.<\/p>\n
Do you take the offer?<\/p>\n
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(This is relevant for a class I’ll be guest-lecturing in on Friday, and I’m curious to see how this hypothetical works as a discussion-starter. Of course, the students in the class will have some more context for the question, but it’s more fun for the blog to do it this way…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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