| Author | Message | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2966 Registered: 8-2001 |
One of the best effects of the Peace Corps program (a US program where people spend 2 years as volunteers in developing countres) was unanticipated. What is it?? | ||
| Bodo (Bodo)
New member Username: Bodo Post Number: 2419 Registered: 2-2001 |
Was the effect on the participants? The government? Society? The places to which they went? The people in the places to which they went? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2968 Registered: 8-2001 |
Bodo (Bodo) New member Username: Bodo Post Number: 2419 Registered: 2-2001 Posted on Friday, December 14, 2007 - 7:50 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was the effect on the participants? noThe government? no Society? see next answers The places to which they went? yes The people in the places to which they went? yes | ||
| Bodo (Bodo)
New member Username: Bodo Post Number: 2420 Registered: 2-2001 |
Is the benefit material? Emotional? Mental? Attitudinal? Health related? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2969 Registered: 8-2001 |
Bodo (Bodo) New member Username: Bodo Post Number: 2420 Registered: 2-2001 Posted on Friday, December 14, 2007 - 7:59 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the benefit material?yes Emotional? yes Mental? yes Attitudinal? unlikelyHealth related? possibly, in some cases | ||
| Bentarm (Bentarm)
New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1649 Registered: 6-2001 |
Is it anything to do with education? with people getting married? having children? Did the Peace Corps (PC) voluteers take anything physical with them which is relevant? Does this benefit manifest itself everywhere that PC volunteers go? Only in certain countries? Would it happen within hours of the volunteers getting there? within days? weeks? months? years? would it persist after they'd left? Would it persist after the country ceased to be a developing country (if this were to happen)? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2971 Registered: 8-2001 |
Bentarm (Bentarm) New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1649 Registered: 6-2001 Posted on Friday, December 14, 2007 - 8:50 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is it anything to do with education? yesish with people getting married? no having children? no Did the Peace Corps (PC) voluteers take anything physical with them which is relevant? yes Does this benefit manifest itself everywhere that PC volunteers go? see next answerOnly in certain countries? more in some but there's potential in virtually all Would it happen within hours of the volunteers getting there? no within days?possibly weeks? ditto months? ditto years? would it persist after they'd left? yesWould it persist after the country ceased to be a developing country (if this were to happen)? possibly | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 1031 Registered: 6-2007 |
Does the effect have to do with.. technology? communication? food? agriculture? recreation? games? hygiene? religion? travel? literacy? art? thinking? language? something one does at night? something one does in the daytime? would a 5 year old benefit directly? 20 Y.O.? 70 Y.O.? | ||
| Bentarm (Bentarm)
New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1654 Registered: 6-2001 |
If some PC volunteers equipped with a time machine were to visit Malory's England, and take with them only the relevant thing referred to in the previous post, would they still confer this benefit on their visitees? | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1193 Registered: 6-2005 |
Is the positive effect an obvious change in the community the PC visits? Is it something that certain people might try to hide when it happens? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2972 Registered: 8-2001 |
Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight) New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 1031 Registered: 6-2007 Posted on Saturday, December 15, 2007 - 2:05 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does the effect have to do with.. technology?unlikely communication? yesish food?possibly agriculture?ditto recreation? yes games? possibly hygiene? ditto religion? ditto travel? ditto literacy? yope art? possibly thinking? ditto language? yope something one does at night?yes something one does in the daytime? yes would a 5 year old benefit directly? possibly 20 Y.O.?ditto 70 Y.O.?ditto Bentarm (Bentarm) New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1654 Registered: 6-2001 Posted on Saturday, December 15, 2007 - 7:00 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) If some PC volunteers equipped with a time machine were to visit Malory's England, and take with them only the relevant thing referred to in the previous post, would they still confer this benefit on their visitees?{yes--& thanks for this WONDERFUL question!!!!!} Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1193 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 - 8:23 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the positive effect an obvious change in the community the PC visits?yesish Is it something that certain people might try to hide when it happens? very unlikely | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 570 Registered: 5-2007 |
Is the physical thing that they take with them a communication device? A cell phone? Computer with Internet access? Tin cans with string between them? Does the physical thing carry information of any kind? A book? Notes? A blueprint? Instructions? Do the Peace Corps members do something with the item? Do they show the natives how to use it? Would it work if the item were dropped in via airplane? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2976 Registered: 8-2001 |
Alex319 (Alex319) New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 570 Registered: 5-2007 Posted on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 12:56 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the physical thing that they take with them a communication device? yesish or yope A cell phone? no Computer with Internet access? no Tin cans with string between them? no Does the physical thing carry information of any kind? possibly A book? yesish Notes? no A blueprint? no Instructions? no Do the Peace Corps members do something with the item? yes Do they show the natives how to use it? possibly Would it work if the item were dropped in via airplane?yes | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 571 Registered: 5-2007 |
Does it have text in it? Does it have symbols in it? Pictures? Drawings? Is it a blank notebook? Is it electronic? Does it use batteries? Would the benefit occur if all the natives were illiterate? Would the benefit occur if the Peace Corps member just walked in, dropped off the item, and walked out without doing anything else with it? Does the "book" contain information that the natives can use? Health-related information? How to avoid predators? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 572 Registered: 5-2007 |
Is the object... ...Given to the volunteers by the Peace Corps for their use? Like a Peace Corps field manual of some kind? ...Something that Peace Corps members brought themselves for personal use, but then it had this unexpected benefit? ...Something that was intended to be given to the people in the affected area, and it was used in an unanticipated way? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2981 Registered: 8-2001 |
Alex319 (Alex319) New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 571 Registered: 5-2007 Posted on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 10:18 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does it have text in it?yesish Does it have symbols in it? possibly Pictures? ditto Drawings? ditto Is it a blank notebook? no Is it electronic? no Does it use batteries? no Would the benefit occur if all the natives were illiterate? no Would the benefit occur if the Peace Corps member just walked in, dropped off the item, and walked out without doing anything else with it? yes Does the "book" contain information that the natives can use?possibly Health-related information? ditto How to avoid predators? unlikely Alex319 (Alex319) New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 572 Registered: 5-2007 Posted on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 10:24 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the object... ...Given to the volunteers by the Peace Corps for their use? no Like a Peace Corps field manual of some kind? no ...Something that Peace Corps members brought themselves for personal use, but then it had this unexpected benefit? yes ...Something that was intended to be given to the people in the affected area, and it was used in an unanticipated way? no | ||
| Lporter229 (Lporter229)
New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 188 Registered: 11-2007 |
Is it a published work? Is it a reference manual? a magazine? a periodical publication? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2982 Registered: 8-2001 |
Lporter229 (Lporter229) New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 188 Registered: 11-2007 Posted on Thursday, December 20, 2007 - 2:29 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is it a published work?yesishIs it a reference manual? possibly a magazine? yesish a periodical publication? yesish | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 573 Registered: 5-2007 |
Does it even matter what was in the "book"? Would any "book" work just as well? Was the "book" fiction? Non-fiction? Would this "book" be something you would normally find in a bookstore? Does the benefit come from... ...the natives reading the "book", and gaining knowledge which is directly useful? ...the natives reading the "book", and just becoming better educated in general? Reading replacing other recreational activities? ...the "book" becoming a prized possession? Natives having to learn to share the "book"? Competing over who gets to have the "book"? Would the benefit still occur if all the natives each had their own copy of the "book"? Is the text in the "book" fixed, like a regular book? Do the natives write in the "book", like a notebook? | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1197 Registered: 6-2005 |
Is it a Bible? A Catalog? A tide table book? Did having this enable the natives to learn how to... read? order things? purchase useful items? Stop walking around naked? Speak english? Come up to speed with the modern world? | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 1044 Registered: 6-2007 |
Is the item normally used daily? more frequently? less frequently? would the Peace Corps volunteers use the item in their work? would they use the item in their personal time? If they took a break and spent a leisure week on another location would they bring the item? use the item? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2983 Registered: 8-2001 |
Alex319 (Alex319) New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 573 Registered: 5-2007 Posted on Thursday, December 20, 2007 - 10:43 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does it even matter what was in the "book"?yes Would any "book" work just as well? no Was the "book" fiction? possibly Non-fiction? possiblyWould this "book" be something you would normally find in a bookstore? possibly Does the benefit come from... ...the natives reading the "book", and gaining knowledge which is directly useful? possibly ...the natives reading the "book", and just becoming better educated in general? yesish Reading replacing other recreational activities? possibly ...the "book" becoming a prized possession? possibly Natives having to learn to share the "book"? unlikelyCompeting over who gets to have the "book"? no Would the benefit still occur if all the natives each had their own copy of the "book"? yes Is the text in the "book" fixed, like a regular book? yes Do the natives write in the "book", like a notebook? no Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1197 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Friday, December 21, 2007 - 6:36 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is it a Bible? possibly-ish A Catalog? no A tide table book? possibly-ish Did having this enable the natives to learn how to... read? order things? purchase useful items? Stop walking around naked? Speak english? Come up to speed with the modern world? all are possible, except the one about nakedness is very unlikely Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight) New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 1044 Registered: 6-2007 Posted on Friday, December 21, 2007 - 12:51 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the item normally used daily? more frequently? less frequently? varies would the Peace Corps volunteers use the item in their work? possibly would they use the item in their personal time? yes If they took a break and spent a leisure week on another location would they bring the item? possibly use the item? ditto | ||
| Lporter229 (Lporter229)
New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 195 Registered: 11-2007 |
Was the book an almanac? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2985 Registered: 8-2001 |
Lporter229 (Lporter229) New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 195 Registered: 11-2007 Posted on Friday, December 21, 2007 - 8:42 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was the book an almanac? possibly-ish | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 574 Registered: 5-2007 |
All these "possibly"s and "ish"es are making it hard to know how to proceed - but I guess that means this is a good lateral puzzle... Okay, is the "book" in any of the folllowing categories: Antiques & Collectibles Art, Architecture & Photography Bibles & Bible Studies Biography Business & Money Computing & Internet Cooking, Food & Wine Crafts & Hobbies Diet & Health Education & Teaching Engineering Entertainment Game Books Gay & Lesbian History Home & Garden Humor Inspiration Law Music Books Medicine New Age & Alternative Beliefs Parenting & Family Pets Philosophy Politics & Current Affairs Religion & Spirituality Science & Nature Self Improvement Sex & Relationships Social Sciences Sports & Adventure Study Guides Transportation Travel True Crime Weddings Women's Studies Graphic Novels Horror Mystery & Crime Poetry Romance Science Fiction & Fantasy Thrillers Westerns Reference ---- Is what was important about the book... ...the topic of the book? the subjects the book covers? ...the language the book was written in? ...the length of the book? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2986 Registered: 8-2001 |
Alex319 (Alex319) New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 574 Registered: 5-2007 Posted on Saturday, December 22, 2007 - 5:14 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) All these "possibly"s and "ish"es are making it hard to know how to proceed - but I guess that means this is a good lateral puzzle... There's a false assumption involved in all these references to the "book" Okay, is the "book" in any of the folllowing categories: Antiques & Collectibles Art, Architecture & Photography Bibles & Bible Studies Biography Business & Money Computing & Internet Cooking, Food & Wine Crafts & Hobbies Diet & Health Education & Teaching Engineering Entertainment Game Books Gay & Lesbian History Home & Garden Humor Inspiration Law Music Books Medicine New Age & Alternative Beliefs Parenting & Family Pets Philosophy Politics & Current Affairs Religion & Spirituality Science & Nature Self Improvement Sex & Relationships Social Sciences Sports & Adventure Study Guides Transportation Travel True Crime Weddings Women's Studies Graphic Novels Horror Mystery & Crime Poetry Romance Science Fiction & Fantasy Thrillers Westerns Reference it could be any of these ---- Is what was important about the book... ...the topic of the book? no the subjects the book covers? no ...the language the book was written in? yesish ...the length of the book? no | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 1050 Registered: 6-2007 |
is the relevant item writing materials? is it paper? pen? pencil? is it made of paper? is English language relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2988 Registered: 8-2001 |
Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight) New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 1050 Registered: 6-2007 Posted on Sunday, December 23, 2007 - 10:02 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) is the relevant item writing materials? no is it paper? no pen? no pencil? no is it made of paper? no is English language relevant? probably but not necessarily | ||
| Bentarm (Bentarm)
New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1660 Registered: 6-2001 |
Is learning to read relevant? Learning about the concept of printing? Learning a new language? If you just told the natives about the existence of books in general would that help? Would it be possible to get the good effect from taking a newspaper? An audio recording of a book | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2989 Registered: 8-2001 |
Bentarm (Bentarm) New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1660 Registered: 6-2001 Posted on Monday, December 24, 2007 - 8:24 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is learning to read relevant?possibly but not primarily Learning about the concept of printing? no Learning a new language? possibly If you just told the natives about the existence of books in general would that help? no Would it be possible to get the good effect from taking a newspaper? possiblyish An audio recording of a book ditto | ||
| Lporter229 (Lporter229)
New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 197 Registered: 11-2007 |
Are we talking about mp3s or some other sort of electronic media? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2995 Registered: 8-2001 |
Lporter229 (Lporter229) New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 197 Registered: 11-2007 Posted on Thursday, December 27, 2007 - 2:00 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Are we talking about mp3s or some other sort of electronic media?no | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 575 Registered: 5-2007 |
So the "book" is NOT made of paper. Is that correct? Is the "book" actually real? Is it physical? Or is it a fictional book? Referenced in another work of literature? | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1201 Registered: 6-2005 |
Is the positive effect actually a Library? Some sort of collection of books? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3003 Registered: 8-2001 |
Alex319 (Alex319) New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 575 Registered: 5-2007 Posted on Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 3:32 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) So the "book" is NOT made of paper. Is that correct? Is the "book" actually real? yes Is it physical? yes Or is it a fictional book? noReferenced in another work of literature? possibly Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1201 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 10:09 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the positive effect actually a Library? yes Some sort of collection of books? yes ******* SPOILER ********** Many Peace Corps volunteers, fearing that books would be scarce in the villages wqhere they were serving, brought along many books for their own personal reading. When their terms of duty was up, they left the books behind them. This give libraries to many people & villages that had never had them before--an unantipacated but outstandinglky beneficial effect of the Peace Corps. Please check out my new puzzle you know where!! |
