Code: "A man's mother dies. He attends his mother's funeral and meets the perfect woman there. They talk for a while and agree that they should meet some other time. The man is truly happy. UNFORTUNATELY... He forgot to take down her name, number or any information of hers for that matter! He's absolutely depressed! Soon after this, the man kills his sister. ... Why did he kill his sister?" Whoever answers this with the answer I'm looking for wins a VERY special prize. If you have already seen this before, please do not answer. I don't want it ruined. I myself did not figure out the answer myself. I had to have the answer told to me. Please do not move this to the spam section, it provides legitimate discussion (particularly after it's answered).
Well, its common sense? 1. Man sees woman at his moms funeral 2. Man agrees w/ woman to see each other again 3. No info given 4. Man kills sister 5. ???? 6. Man sees woman at funeral duhh... I think you've failed to provide some more information, something to take us off the woman the woman the woman.. It would've been a good joke. Srry
I thought the woman was his sister when I first heard this too, lol. Yes. Care to give your reasoning? [/b][/quote] Well, its common sense? 1. Man sees woman at his moms funeral 2. Man agrees w/ woman to see each other again 3. No info given 4. Man kills sister 5. ???? 6. Man sees woman at funeral duhh... I think you've failed to provide some more information, something to take us off the woman the woman the woman.. It would've been a good joke. Srry [/b][/quote] Nope. All information was provided. It's not intended to "trick" anyone. So BetaMerc, D and .BAB win a very special prize. It's a title..... You guys are considered "sociopaths" now! I was told this very scenario was used by psychologists. How? I don't know, I'm merely relaying what was told to me by a psychology teacher. Congratulations you guys. Now for further discussion: Can anyone with some background in the subject please confirm if this is true? I'm not sure if it's true, but it piqued my curiosity. The story itself may or may not be true, but I don't care about that, I"m just wondering if this is a viable labelling method. I'd like to discuss "sociopaths" and what consensus is over what designates one to be considered such. Now fill me with ideas, my opinionated friends!
Well as BetaMerc said it's common sense. But then again you wouldn't be asking this question if the answer was so simple. My guess is that the man didn't really care for his family cause he met the girl of his life on his mother's funeral where he should have been depressed and not in the mood to meet new people.
Well, its common sense? 1. Man sees woman at his moms funeral 2. Man agrees w/ woman to see each other again 3. No info given 4. Man kills sister 5. ???? 6. Man sees woman at funeral duhh... I think you've failed to provide some more information, something to take us off the woman the woman the woman.. It would've been a good joke. Srry [/b][/quote] Nope. All information was provided. It's not intended to "trick" anyone. So BetaMerc, D and .BAB win a very special prize. It's a title..... .... You guys are considered "sociopaths" now! I was told this very scenario was used by psychologists. How? I don't know, I'm merely relaying what was told to me by a psychology teacher. Congratulations you guys. Now for further discussion: Can anyone with some background in the subject please confirm if this is true? I'm not sure if it's true, but it piqued my curiosity. The story itself may or may not be true, but I don't care about that, I"m just wondering if this is a viable labelling method. I'd like to discuss "sociopaths" and what consensus is over what designates one to be considered such. Now fill me with ideas, my opinionated friends! [/b][/quote] So is that the answer? He kills his sister so that he has a chance of seeing the girl again at the funeral? As for the other part of your question, I don't think that you can label a person as a sociopath based on the answer to one question, there are a plethora of factors that help to define a person as a "sociopath". There are people that don't feel guilt for preforming criminal acts and harming others and do it for various motives, maybe fun. I suppose a man that would actually kill his sister to see the "perfect woman" again at the funeral would have numerous screws loose in his head. haha (come on, there has to be a better solution to seeing her again) I just don't think your answer to the question makes you a sociopath, it's not really you preforming the act, you are just trying to follow the mans train of thought in the riddle. If you answered it was his sister that doesn't necessarily mean you'll preform incest. Well as BetaMerc said it's common sense. But then again you wouldn't be asking this question if the answer was so simple. My guess is that the man didn't really care for his family cause he met the girl of his life on his mother's funeral where he should have been depressed and not in the mood to meet new people. [/b][/quote] You've never seen wedding crashers? Funerals are a great place to pick up chicks, haha Other solution: he just didn't like his sister and the whole thing is a coincidence, he would never see the perfect girl again anyways because he'd be stuck in jail
1 - It was posted before, the first time it was posted I was the only one on the site to respond the correct way having not seen the riddle before. 2 - The study is accurate. The mentality of a sociopath differs from that of a standard persons point of view. A sociopath would lead their thinking down the path that if she turned up at one funeral it would seem likely that she would show up at another family members funeral. A normal person would assume something like his sister was the perfect girl, or dated the perfect girl, etc. among a multitude of different options. A sociopath would immediately assume that the woman was a friend of the family and would show up at another family members funeral. 3 - While it certainly isn't the only thing used when diagnosing, it is a strong case and point. That is to say that not all sociopaths would go to such lengths, but all people who would go to such lengths would be a sociopath.
What do you mean by "responding the correct way"? Well, I think that the sister is actually homosexual and dated the perfect woman, and the fact shocked the already depressed man, making him go berserk and kill his sister. So umm....I am normal?
