Zone1 A Thought Exercise which leads to interesting ramifications , imho .

[luiza]

Here is a Thought Puzzle

You are on your way to a job interview that will not work out because you are late and wet through ---- all because you stopped to rescue a drowning man.

As a consequence you get another job.
This one is in law enforcement .

Years later, your job requires you to escort a convicted murderer to his execution.
When you meet this man, you recognize him as the one you saved from drowning many years ago , and as mentioned .

He went on to kill another man in a dispute .

You now believe that if you had not saved him from drowning , the other -- now dead --- man would still be alive.

What is your role and what are your responsibilities in this unfolding of events ?
How does Karma fit into any such answer ?
And How and Why , if you think it might ?
Or , perhaps suggest equally good reasons why you believe the idea of Karma is irrelevant and even an unprovable term .


To be continued in a few days with Answers to ponder over .


This is 98% the result of a longer piece authored by Clif High .
He can be found on Substack , X and Rumble and doubtless lots of other places .

 

[Skylar]

Here is a Thought Puzzle

You are on your way to a job interview that will not work out because you are late and wet through ---- all because you stopped to rescue a drowning man.

As a consequence you get another job.
This one is in law enforcement .

Years later, your job requires you to escort a convicted murderer to his execution.
When you meet this man, you recognize him as the one you saved from drowning many years ago , and as mentioned .

He went on to kill another man in a dispute .

You now believe that if you had not saved him from drowning , the other -- now dead --- man would still be alive.

What is your role and what are your responsibilities in this unfolding of events ?
How does Karma fit into any such answer ?
And How and Why , if you think it might ?
Or , perhaps suggest equally good reasons why you believe the idea of Karma is irrelevant and even an unprovable term .


To be continued in a few days with Answers to ponder over .


This is 98% the result of a longer piece authored by Clif High .
He can be found on Substack , X and Rumble and doubtless lots of other places .

None. You had zero plausible path to any relevant or actionable knowledge on future events. You made a decision based on the immediate emergency of the drowning man. And that drowning man, when you encountered him, had harmed no one.

You aren't responsible for any future action that man takes, nor knowledge you neither had nor could have had.

Karma plays no role, as the man you rescued was an innocent.

 

[JGalt]

Here is a Thought Puzzle

You are on your way to a job interview that will not work out because you are late and wet through ---- all because you stopped to rescue a drowning man.

As a consequence you get another job.
This one is in law enforcement .

Years later, your job requires you to escort a convicted murderer to his execution.
When you meet this man, you recognize him as the one you saved from drowning many years ago , and as mentioned .

He went on to kill another man in a dispute .

You now believe that if you had not saved him from drowning , the other -- now dead --- man would still be alive.

What is your role and what are your responsibilities in this unfolding of events ?
How does Karma fit into any such answer ?
And How and Why , if you think it might ?
Or , perhaps suggest equally good reasons why you believe the idea of Karma is irrelevant and even an unprovable term .


To be continued in a few days with Answers to ponder over .


This is 98% the result of a longer piece authored by Clif High .
He can be found on Substack , X and Rumble and doubtless lots of other places .

I believe in personal responsibility, so I wouldn't feel guilty about saving the drowning future murderer's life. Drowning man had a choice, and he chose the wrong one.