| Author | Message | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5552 Registered: 8-2001 |
His ambition to hold a world record saved his life. How come?? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2154 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the record a one-time achievement? Lifetime event? Was it something active? Age-related? A collection? Sports relevant? Did he have to train for it? Did the training save his life? The preparation? Is crime relevant? Would the record be considered a good thing to hold (as opposed to, say, most drug-related arrests)? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5558 Registered: 8-2001 |
Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2154 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 9:16 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was the record a one-time achievement? see next answer Lifetime event? yes or yesish Was it something active? no Age-related? no A collection? yes Sports relevant? no Did he have to train for it? no Did the training save his life? n/aThe preparation? no Is crime relevant? no Would the record be considered a good thing to hold (as opposed to, say, most drug-related arrests)? yope | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 823 Registered: 6-2009 |
Was he trying to hold the world's largest collection of something? Something bigger than a flea? a gumball? a baseball? a basketball? a person? a refrigerator? a car? a house? Was it something he could buy? make? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5564 Registered: 8-2001 |
Ohlala8 (Ohlala8) New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 823 Registered: 6-2009 Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 10:19 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was he trying to hold the world's largest collection of something? yes Something bigger than a flea?yes a gumball? yesa baseball? in some dimensions a basketball? no a person? noa refrigerator? no a car? no a house? no Was it something he could buy? no make? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2160 Registered: 4-2010 |
His life was saved - would he have died by accident? Suicide? Homicide? Execution? Natural causes? Medical problems? The items collected - did he acquire them for free? Did he trade something for them? Purchase them? Is the item a food of some sort? | ||
| Markobr (Markobr)
New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 837 Registered: 5-2009 |
Without his ambition, would he have died by an accident? A crime? Execution? War? An illness? Poisoning? A natural disaster? Attack by an animal? Starvation? Thirst? Would there have been any chance for him to survive? Did he use something in his collection to mitigate the danger? Did something in his collection help him without the need for him to use it? Did he apply some special knowledge he acquired while building up his collection? Did he get the help of another person? Is another person relevant at all? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5569 Registered: 8-2001 |
Markobr (Markobr) New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 837 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 11:27 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Without his ambition, would he have died by an accident? no A crime? no Execution? noWar? no An illness? yesPoisoning? noA natural disaster? no Attack by an animal? no Starvation? no Thirst? no Would there have been any chance for him to survive? Probably not Did he use something in his collection to mitigate the danger? no Did something in his collection help him without the need for him to use it? no Did he apply some special knowledge he acquired while building up his collection? noDid he get the help of another person? yes Is another person relevant at all? yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2165 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the other person related to him? HAM? HAF? Is the "he" HAM? Did the other person save his life? Was the other person aided by the collection? Did the collection delay his death long enough for him to be saved? And you missed my questions up there. | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5571 Registered: 8-2001 |
Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2160 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 11:23 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) His life was saved - would he have died by accident? Suicide? Homicide? Execution? Natural causes? Medical problems? Natural causes/medical problems The items collected - did he acquire them for free? yes Did he trade something for them? noPurchase them? no Is the item a food of some sort? no | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5572 Registered: 8-2001 |
Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2165 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 11:46 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the other person related to him? no HAM? HAF? HAM, but the male part is irrelIs the "he" HAM? yesDid the other person save his life? yesish Was the other person aided by the collection? no or noish Did the collection delay his death long enough for him to be saved? no And you missed my questions up there. Rectified, with my apologies | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2167 Registered: 4-2010 |
Wild guess: Were they drumsticks? Did he acquire them in public? Did he create them? Grow them (i.e. in a garden)? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5573 Registered: 8-2001 |
Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2167 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 12:07 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Wild guess: Were they drumsticks? no Did he acquire them in public? yopeDid he create them? no Grow them (i.e. in a garden)? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2169 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did he get them from a public place? Did he store them all in one place? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5577 Registered: 8-2001 |
Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2169 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 12:11 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did he get them from a public place? noish Did he store them all in one place? irrel | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2189 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are the items edible? Made out of [LTPF list of materials]? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5589 Registered: 8-2001 |
Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2189 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 11:14 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Are the items edible? no Made out of [LTPF list of materials]? paper | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2196 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are they documents of some sort? Records? Is the paper letter-sized? Legal-sized? Newspaper? Are they books? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5591 Registered: 8-2001 |
Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2196 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 12:24 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Are they documents of some sort? Not unless you use'documernt' broadly enough to apply to all paper with writing on itRecords? noIs the paper letter-sized? no Legal-sized? no Newspaper? noAre they books? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2200 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are the papers intended to be read? Is it money? Foreign? Counterfeit? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3336 Registered: 5-2003 |
Would he have died by radiation poisoning? Did his profession have anything to do with paper? Writing? | ||
| Kdoc (Kdoc)
New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1008 Registered: 7-2001 |
if he had collected these items but not aimed for a world record collection would this still have had the same effect of saving his life? could he have collected something else which would have led to the same effect? if yes - is there a group of things which he might have collected? or would anything do? if a group - do they share something in common? size? being made of paper? the way they are obtained? is it relevant whether he displayed his collection? how he discplayed it? who else knew about it? who else saw it? did the collecting in some way stop him becoming ill in the first place? make his illness less severe? make him aware of his illness? somehow facilitate him getting medical care? help in the diagnosis? help decide the correct treatment? help him take the treatment? make the treatment work? make the treatment work faster? stop him from becoming severely ill? prevent complications from the treatemnt? prevent the treatment being stopped? preventted euthaniasia which might otherwise have been contemplated? make a resuscitation atttempt successful? did the collection in some way prevent a mistake being made? prevent a misunderstanding? give a reason to live? give a reason to start/continue treatment? made his life somehow seem more 'worthwhile'? did the collecting change someone else's opinion of him? did he in fact get ill at all? is it relevant what type of illness he might have died from? cancer? cardiovascular? musculoskeletal? infectious? dementia? what part of the body would be affected? head? chest? heart? lungs? gut? muscles? bones? blood vessels? brain? kidneys/bladder? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5597 Registered: 8-2001 |
Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2200 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 2:36 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Are the papers intended to be read? yesishIs it money? no Foreign? Counterfeit? Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3336 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 3:31 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Would he have died by radiation poisoning? no Did his profession have anything to do with paper? noWriting? no | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5598 Registered: 8-2001 |
Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1008 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 11:24 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) if he had collected these items but not aimed for a world record collection would this still have had the same effect of saving his life? no could he have collected something else which would have led to the same effect? yes if yes - is there a group of things which he might have collected? see next answeror would anything do? there are some limits if a group - do they share something in common? yes size? nobeing made of paper? nothe way they are obtained? yes is it relevant whether he displayed his collection? nohow he discplayed it? no who else knew about it? yes who else saw it? no did the collecting in some way stop him becoming ill in the first place? no make his illness less severe? no make him aware of his illness? no somehow facilitate him getting medical care? yes help in the diagnosis? yeshelp decide the correct treatment? yeshelp him take the treatment? yes make the treatment work? no make the treatment work faster? no stop him from becoming severely ill? yopeprevent complications from the treatemnt? noprevent the treatment being stopped? no preventted euthaniasia which might otherwise have been contemplated? no make a resuscitation atttempt successful? no did the collection in some way prevent a mistake being made? yes prevent a misunderstanding? noish give a reason to live? no give a reason to start/continue treatment? no made his life somehow seem more 'worthwhile'? no did the collecting change someone else's opinion of him?noish did he in fact get ill at all? yes is it relevant what type of illness he might have died from? yescancer? cardiovascular? musculoskeletal? infectious? dementia? what part of the body would be affected? head? chest? heart? lungs? gut? muscles? bones? blood vessels? brain? kidneys/bladder? it was a brain tumor in the actual case, but other cancers would also work for this puzzle, as would some non-cancer diseases (e.g., some kinds of heart problems) | ||
| Kdoc (Kdoc)
New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1015 Registered: 7-2001 |
did he get publicity for collecting the things? relevant? did that publicity lead to the diagnosis of his brain tumour? was he on the TV? in the paper? relevant? is the relevance of the world record that he went to extreme lengths to collect things? did he meet someone in the course of collecting? someone who realised he was sick? a doctor? did he have relevant symptoms? that were recognised by someone ? who advised him to get a medical check? or did the collecting in some way lead him to have a medical check of some sort? that then showed up the tumour? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5601 Registered: 8-2001 |
Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1015 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Friday, July 23, 2010 - 7:48 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) did he get publicity for collecting the things? yes relevant? yes did that publicity lead to the diagnosis of his brain tumour? no was he on the TV? I[m not sure in the paper? yes relevant? yes is the relevance of the world record that he went to extreme lengths to collect things? yope did he meet someone in the course of collecting? yes someone who realised he was sick? no a doctor?yes did he have relevant symptoms? noish that were recognised by someone ? noish who advised him to get a medical check? yope or did the collecting in some way lead him to have a medical check of some sort? yesthat then showed up the tumour? no This is close enough for me to declare a ***** SPOILER ************ Craig Shergold, a British child who was dying of a brain tumor, had a last wish of getting into the Guinness Book of Records for receiving the largest number of get-well cards. This wish was publicized & soon came true, because everyone wants to grant the last wish of a dying child. Everyone thought is was so beautiful and wonderful that Chris would get to die happy & fulfilled, except for one American billionaire. Being the sort of crass rich American who thinks that the way to solve a problem is to throw money at it, he paid to have Craig flown to the US & operated on by a top surgeon, who removed the tumor. Craig is now a healthy adult, because--guess what--sometimes the way to solve a problem is to throw money at it.What if you don't have money? That's why we need national health insurance, which America is finally about to get. I hope this means that everyone will be able to get Craig's sort of care here.And what's the way to solve a puzzle? Throw questions at it. Please do so with my new puzzle at the bottom of the page. | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5602 Registered: 8-2001 |
Here is a link to the Craig Shergold story. http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ia_myths_craig.htm | ||
| Kdoc (Kdoc)
New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1018 Registered: 7-2001 |
Hi Felicia Nimue, Nice puzzle! I don't quite follow your reasoning though about this story showing the need for National Health Insurance in the US since Craig lived in a country which should have been able to provide him with good healthcare at no cost to his family through the NHS. (NHS care is generally good - often excellent, sometimes less good) Not sure what happened in this case - but how does his story back up the argument for national health insurance in the US? (Which I totally agree with by the way) Just can't follow your logic - and as it is usually so impecable that worries me! | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5604 Registered: 8-2001 |
I think that this story illustrates how the U.S. has the best health care that money can buy. Conservatives often use it to argue that America's health care is better than the UK's--after all, the NHS didn't save Craig. But it's only for the rich (& for well-insured members of the middle class) that America's health care is so wonderful. We need national health insurance so all Americans can have the sort of care that Craig got. It will be very expensive, but America is a very rich country. Saving human lives is better than keeping low taxes for the rich or using money for things like waging war or saving endangered piping plovers & the like rather than endangered humans | ||
| Kdoc (Kdoc)
New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1020 Registered: 7-2001 |
I see. As an advocate of evidence based medicine and evidence based policy I don't think I can accept one anecdote to judge the entire American Medical System - but I know it is generally held to be extremely good at this kind of thing. (And I agree with much of what you say further) Unfortunately we live in a world where people want everything - low taxes and wonderful healthcare. Healthcare is always rationed - though that word is seldom used. Here we have a pot of money (quite a large one) and we seek to share it out in a fair and transparent way according to need - using effectiveness and cost effectiveness of treatments as our guide. But even if we had endless amount of money there are still treatments/tests that we should not fund - in my opinion - those that do more harm than good (for instance universal screening for prostate cancer which is often advocated in the US). It may be paternalistic of me - but I think there is a place for sound evidence based policy to protect people from things that sound like a good idea to them (and are often promoted for commercial gain by pharmaceutical companies and the like). | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5605 Registered: 8-2001 |
I offered the anecdote as anecdotal evidence, not as proof. I'm all for evidence-based medicine, provided this isn't used as a cover for refusing to fund a treatment with, say, a 10% success rate when withholding the treatment would be certain death. Drug companies have a motive for claiming that expensive drugs are effective & healthcare rationers have a motive for claiming they are not. Both sides' claims about evidence should be taken with a whole shaker of salt. (And if rich people want low taxes, tough!) | ||
| Kdoc (Kdoc)
New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1021 Registered: 7-2001 |
I'll leave it here Felicia Nimue - as you know I could go on all night about this.. Just want to say - for anyone in the UK reading - we really do try very very hard to be fair, and we really do care about individual patients as well as the whole population - deciding whether to pay for treatments is a hard, thankless job done by good people who sweat blood over it... | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5607 Registered: 8-2001 |
I could go on all night, too, but, like you, I'll resist the temptation. Of course, I recognize some healthcare rationing is inevitable & that "deciding whether to pay for treatments is a hard, thankless job done by. . .people who sweat blood over it..." I even agree that many of these people are good. But every profession has some bad apples, and even decision-makers who are basically good may be affected by their prejudices. When this happens, criticism & correction is literally vital, since people's lives are at stake. | ||
| Kdoc (Kdoc)
New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1023 Registered: 7-2001 |
Agreed... I've got some questions on your new puzzle - then I'm afraid it's bedtime.. | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5608 Registered: 8-2001 |
Thanks--I'm getting to them right now!! |
