{"id":148,"date":"2012-12-07T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nialangley.com\/blog\/the-book-of-questions-question-47.html"},"modified":"2017-04-11T21:30:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T21:30:23","slug":"the-book-of-questions-question-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nialangley.com\/blog\/the-book-of-questions-question-47\/","title":{"rendered":"The Book of Questions: Question 47"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, readers! It&#8217;s been a crazy week with final exams and all. I have some good stuff for you next week. The time has come for another <i>The Book of Questions<\/i>&nbsp;feature.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you not familiar with this feature, I select a question from <i>The Book of Questions<\/i>&nbsp;by Gregory Stock, Ph.D., write my response, and ask for your response. This is my twelfth time featuring a question, and I&#8217;m using the forty-seventh question in the book.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-VXwBdNo4358\/ULV-wyNYtII\/AAAAAAAAC9o\/ZpRAkguC4go\/s1600\/The%2BBook%2Bof%2BQuestions.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nialangley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/The-Book-of-Questions.jpg?resize=211%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"211\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>QUESTION 47:<br \/>\n<b>You have the power to go any distance into the future and, after one year, return to the present with any knowledge you have gained from your experience but with no physical objects. Would you make the journey if it carried a 50 percent risk of death?<\/b><br \/>\n<b><br \/><\/b><br \/>\nMY RESPONSE:<br \/>\n<i>No. 50% is too high of a risk for me.<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<b>Time for your response! Let me know in the comments.<\/b><br \/>\n<b><br \/><\/b><br \/>\nHave a good day!<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-rP4GpdwrIPY\/ULV_APxXGnI\/AAAAAAAAC9w\/x9H1h8tviFQ\/s1600\/Nia%2BLangleySignature.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"148\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nialangley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Nia-LangleySignature-4.jpg?resize=320%2C148&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, readers! 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