Ok a strange morality question.....be honest here

[Kev]

Now there have been many many tv series and films which involve for example a psychic person having a dream about someone they have never met and don't know in any way who is going to die.

Or someone will find out about a stranger in danger, again someone who is nothing to do with them and will frantically try and save them.

I'm thinking especially of the film White Noise 2 where near death survivors start to see a strange glow around certain people and soon come to realise that this means this person is shortly going to die in an accident.


The people who see these visions then literally go mad trying to save all these people. They will try to warn them and try to intervene even if it means great personal cost to themselves, and the embarrasment of not being believed.


So anyway........and yes I am bored and just thinking pointless random thoughts here....such is my way........but if you somehow had this knowledge would you act upon it?

Would it eat away at you and force you to get up in the middle of the night and drive 200 miles to try and warn some complete stranger that they were going to die unless they changed their course of action?


Honestly what would you do?

Because, and I don't know if I'm evil for thinking this, but if I was woken in the night by some premonition that some scaffolder bloke in London was going to stand on a dodgy scaffold and plummet to his death in 6 hours unless I got into my car, drove 250 miles (500 round trip) all at my own expense in order to try and intervene somehow..............


I'd probably leap out of bed, make a cup of tea, say a quick prayer for him and then lights out and back to sleep...

Now does would this make me evil for not acting or would most people behave this way in all honesty?

[donnydarkoIRL]

I think If it happened once...If I had no proof that what I dreamt was a premonition I wouldn't act. I feel I'd just say "what a weird dream" and attempt to sleep.

If I had proof and I knew it was going to happen I think I would attempt to change those events.

On the other hand if it became a regular "ability" I think I would literally go insane.

[Kev]

I think If it happened once...If I had no proof that what I dreamt was a premonition I wouldn't act. I feel I'd just say "what a weird dream" and attempt to sleep.

If I had proof and I knew it was going to happen I think I would attempt to change those events.

On the other hand if it became a regular "ability" I think I would literally go insane.

Actually I'm kind of suprised Derek Akorah hasn't claimed this ability for himself yet. What a great money spinner!

Instead of the ultra boring Ghosthunting shit with Evette Fielding in the UK and Taps in the states they could have a show where a psychic hero gets a premonition of a future death victim and the show could be a countdown to their death!

The psychic could have a helicopter and fly all over the country trying to find the poor unknowning victim, all the while with this counter running down.

Then just at the last minute with seconds to spare they could find the person just as they are about to put the kettle on and 'electrocute themselves to death' or step onto a manhole cover that gives way plunging into an open sewer!

What a cool idea for a program

Honestly I think if somebody pitched that to a tv company and did a decent job selling it they WOULD make that into a tv show

Obviously they would have to make sure they got to every person in time, as once nothing happened to a supposed victim the fraud would be exposed, but I still think it could at least run for one series.

[donnydarkoIRL]

It's true! Who can deny that they would watch it! The scramble alone would be worth watching!

And edited properly It would actually have believers!

[Wayne]

At best you'd get a letter in the mail from me.

If it's fated for the person to die, they'll die. For all you know, your interference may only seal that person's doom, so you may as well do nothing.

I've been training myself out of reflexive guilt, anyway. I'd sleep sound.

[Gandalf]

Im quite cynical really and would have serious issues contemplating that my mind could be in any way psychic. I would most likely finish the second half of my valium pill and try and go back to sleep.