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I recently realized that one of my main forms of interaction with society is planning elaborate, impractical schemes like a common Bond villain. Might as well use it for the betterment of society, at least until I figure out the best way to profit from this.

Man, I expected at least 1 response before this topic went the way of such unmitigated successes as the Suggestions thread (shoutout to those who remember when I valued input).

2+2=????????

@chessmaster512
2+2 = ? = (1+1)+(1+1)

1= [(∑(n->infinity; x=|n|)( x ))-(∑(n->infinity; x=(n))(x-1)] where 0<=x (hold true for all solutions)

2+2= [(∑(n->infinity; x=|n|)( x ))-(∑(n->infinity; x=(n))(x-1)] +[(∑(n->infinity; x=|n|)( x ))-(∑(n->infinity; x=(n))(x-1)]+[(∑(n->infinity; x=|n|)( x ))-(∑(n->infinity; x=(n))(x-1)]+[(∑(n->infinity; x=|n|)( x ))-(∑(n->infinity; x=(n))(x-1)]

∑(n->infinity; x=|n|)( x )) is infinite
(∑(n->infinity; x=(n))(x-1)) is infinite
infinity-infinity is undefined
2+2= undefined
Sorry about the weird summation notation, I don't know how to write subscripts or superscripts on this site

As a reminder of something that was never said, you can post real world OR hypothetical problems here.

2 people are trapped in a fire, one is a young 2 year old girl, the other is Albert Einstein (pretend he's still alive). You are the fireman, who are you going to save?

@SindoboyK2529
(Please not that the following should not be taken seriously.)
Excellent question! My first thought was that this is very similar to the trolley problem, and so I will provide my standard ethics problem solution.
I would allow them to bid for the opportunity to be saved. Prices serve as an indicator as to how much value someone places on a good and/or service. By allowing them to bid for it, we essentially allow the one who values their life more to live, while also providing me with a financial incentive not to just bail and go eat nachos at my local Taco Bell. The person who does not get saved, meanwhile, will be happy to know that the reason they were not saved was because the other person wanted saving more, and not because of any character flaws or potential biases that I may have had entering the situation. This means that we can capture the consumer surplus of this transaction, and thus, the parties are all better off, on average.

However, after doing some research, it turns out that Einstein would, in fact, be pretty old; chances are he would be on his way out anyways. This means that he would probably be on a fixed income, while the two year old could be guilt-tripped into giving me loads of money for years to come, so I would probably save the girl, blame the fire on Einstein leaving his bagel in the toaster for too long, paint myself as a hero, get money, etc.

Nice answer, and yes it is not to be taken seriously.