This is a spin-off from a discussion about the Lorax scale on Polyamorous Percolations. I can't say if or how this thread will affect that forum, but I'm a curious man, so I've wanted to create a thread around the following riddles. (There are seven riddles.)
Note: You don't have to answer all of these questions exhaustively, especially if you feel that brief answers to one or two questions will kind of explain what your answers would be on the remaining questions. Make your answers as long or short as you desire. You can even tweak the questions if you want.
Riddles #1 and 7 are the ones I especially desire your answers for. Try to answer those two if you possibly can. (The rest are like extra credit.)
Riddle #1:
Riddle #2:
Riddle #3:
Riddle #4:
Riddle #5:
Riddle #6:
Riddle #7: What does it mean to be "more polyamorous?"
I'll give my own answers to the above riddles after a few other posts have trickled in.
Note: You don't have to answer all of these questions exhaustively, especially if you feel that brief answers to one or two questions will kind of explain what your answers would be on the remaining questions. Make your answers as long or short as you desire. You can even tweak the questions if you want.
Riddles #1 and 7 are the ones I especially desire your answers for. Try to answer those two if you possibly can. (The rest are like extra credit.)
Riddle #1:
- Assume there exist three hypothetical people: Person I, Person II, and Person III.
- Assume that all three of these people are polyamorous.
- Person I is slightly polyamorous.
- Person II is moderately polyamorous.
- Person III is extremely polyamorous.
- What reasonable conclusions (or educated guesses) can you draw about each of these three people? Describe the (intuition or) reasoning behind your answer.
Riddle #2:
- Assume there exist three more hypothetical people: Person IV, Person V, and Person VI.
- Assume that all three of these people are monogamous.*
- Person IV is slightly monogamous.
- Person V is moderately monogamous.
- Person VI is extremely monogamous.
- What reasonable conclusions (or educated guesses) can you draw about each of these three people? Describe the (intuition or) reasoning behind your answer.
Riddle #3:
- Assume there exists a Person VII.
- This person is half-monogamous, half-polyamorous.
- Is that possible? If not, why? If so, how?
- Draw any conclusions (or guesses) you can about this person. Describe your (intuition or) reasoning.
Riddle #4:
- Assume there exists a Person VIII.
- This person is polyfidelitous.
- Which of the following labels would (statistically) most likely fit this person (assuming xe's "middle-of-the-line" polyfidelitous):
- slightly polyamorous?
- moderately polyamorous?
- extremely polyamorous?
- slightly monogamous?
- moderately monogamous? or
- extremely monogamous?
- Describe the (intuition or) reasoning behind your answer.
Riddle #5:
- Assume there exists a Person IX.
- This person is a swinger.
- Which of the following labels would (statistically) most likely fit this person (assuming xe's a "middle-of-the-line" swinger):
- slightly polyamorous?
- moderately polyamorous?
- extremely polyamorous?
- slightly monogamous?
- moderately monogamous? or
- extremely monogamous?
- Describe the (intuition or) reasoning behind your answer.
Riddle #6:
- What do each of the following mean?
- slightly polyamorous,
- moderately polyamorous,
- extremely polyamorous,
- slightly monogamous,
- moderately monogamous,
- extremely monogamous.
- Describe your (intuition or) reasoning on each one.
Riddle #7: What does it mean to be "more polyamorous?"
I'll give my own answers to the above riddles after a few other posts have trickled in.
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