Question

You and your classmates are boarding a lifeboat from a ship sinking in the middle of the ocean. You each are guaranteed a seat. Unfortunately, there are 10 others seeking a seat, as well, with only three seats remaining. As a group, you must decide which three people from the following list you will bring in your lifeboat and why?

• Restaurant manager, 67, married with two kids
• Croatian first-year medical student, 23, speaks little English
• Single mother, 34, has 3 kids
• LGBT male accountant, 58, a professional triathlete
• High school grad, 18, going into the army
• Homeless person, 40, Harvard dropout
• Successful entrepreneur, 49, chronic medical problems
• Top-ranked Olympic swimmer from Brazil, 21, no English
• Billionaire's daughter, 6, certified genius
• Comedian of Latino descent, 38, internationally famous

Answer 1

The lifeboat is being boarded in the middle of an ocean and people are to be chosen from a sinking ship. It does not matter who comes from which descent. Only those who have better chance of survival and provide required necessary value/service to the people when they are back to the land should be chosen.

• Croatian first-year medical student, 23, speaks little English
  • The background is irrelant, a medical student is a healer and a provides basic required necessary service to the people and hence should be chosen
• Single mother, 34, has 3 kids
  • This mother has responsibility of raising 3 kids which otherwise are not independent. Should be chosen
• Billionaire's daughter, 6, certified genius
  • The daughter is young and has not seen the world yet. Parents being billonaire is irrelevant. If she survives it will really shape her life ahead. She should be on the lifeboat

We have now three people on the lifeboat

• Restaurant manager, 67, married with two kids
  • is old and has lesser chance of surviva
  • two kids can be assumed to be now independent i.e., can provide for themselves and do not require manager's help
• LGBT male accountant, 58, a professional triathlete
  • probably this triathlete can survive of his/her own
  • has lesser chance of survival
• High school grad, 18, going into the army
  • no reason of choosing this person over the already three chosen
• Homeless person, 40, Harvard dropout
  • no reason of choosing this person over the already three chosen
• Successful entrepreneur, 49, chronic medical problems
  • has lesser chance of survival
• Top-ranked Olympic swimmer from Brazil, 21, no English
  • probably this swimmer can survive on his/her own
• Comedian of Latino descent, 38, internationally famous
  • no reason of choosing this person over the already three chosen