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What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?

Do share your response to this intriguing question...

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  • JEFF D.

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    Jul 20 2012: i would get smart enough to bring happiness to every living thing in the world. once i gain that wisdom/ knowledge i would teach all human kind how enable themselves to be happy/ and or at peace with themselves forever. and maybe even unify the world.
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    Jon Miner

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    Jul 20 2012: I would bio-engineer the beautiful Water Lilly to produce a useable electrical flow directly from photosynthesis. Storage cells in the roots would continue to release electrical currents during periods of darkness. A harvesting grid under the plants would distribute the energy to the public grid.
    I would distribute seeds freely all over the world.
    Every park and suitable rooftop in the world would become the producer of all the electrical energy needed for humanity.
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    Eric Grovum

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    Jul 20 2012: I would convince everyone on the planet to be aware of their cognitive biases, open up to changing their minds when new, more accurate information is presented, and pursue truth based decision making. I'd hope to teach the world to suspend their emotions and make logic their primary decision making tool.

  • Abby Crabtree-Eads

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    Jul 20 2012: Everything not yet attempted.

  • Anwar Al-Harazi

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    Jul 19 2012: Bring peace in the Middle East, create a Palestine state, eliminate nuclear weapons, preserve our natural resources, reduce poverty and racialism. The afore mentioned goals needs a commitment from all human beings.
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    Alvin Sevilla

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    Jul 19 2012: I would find a way to restore the balance of Mother Earth for the sake of humankind.
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    JEFFREY KOOPERSMITH

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    Jul 18 2012: I would find a method to choose totally wonderful, bright, caring, and strong leaders and put them in charge - like a dictator - of a silly place - like Texas for instance, and see what happens. He or she would have to scrupulous to the nth degree
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    Alain Blanchard

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    Jul 18 2012: I would attempt to construct a time machine, travel through space and time and learn about all the great, wonderful, and magnificent accomplishments mankind will have made in the next 500 years.
    Additionally, I would advise and warn global leaders of future catastrophes and/or unpredictable events that take place in the future in order to prevent said terrifying occurrences.
    If only I could find a companion like Dr. Who to assist me on my quest!

  • Adam Sandy

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    Jul 18 2012: I would find a safe way to harness nuclear fusion and get that energy to every corner of the globe, right after I got clean, fresh, running water to every person on the planet that needed it. And if it's possible, in any way shape or form, I'd like to travel faster than c!

  • Christopher Christou

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    Jul 18 2012: I would want to lead the world
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    Jasmin Begic

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    Jul 18 2012: I would attempt to unite the world.

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      Alain Blanchard

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      Jul 18 2012: I support your effort to combat fear. Courage is a waining trait these days...

  • David Gorniak

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    Jul 18 2012: I live in the UK so right now? Make it stop raining so much!!!! (It's raining again right now. Can you sense my frustration?)
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      Debra Smith 200+

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      Jul 18 2012: Please do not make it stop if you gain such power just send it to Canada and the Niagara Penninsula where we really need it. We were wondering where it went!

  • Varlan Allan 10+

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    Jul 18 2012: May I answer your question with a humorous one.... What would you do if someone had asked a question on Ted and you knew you could not ask the same question?
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      Debra Smith 200+

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      Jul 18 2012: My guess: Be relieved that I had waited?

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        Debra Smith 200+

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        Jul 18 2012: Let's keep going then! I'm game and I promise honest aqnswers to honest questions.
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      Debra Smith 200+

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      Jul 18 2012: Let's keep going then! I'm game and I promise honest answers to honest questions.

  • David Gorniak

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    Jul 18 2012: The not so thoughtful answer - Fly without the aid of machinery or technology.
    On a more deeper thought - I would engage people with the bigger issues in the world and kill the parasitic culture of the celebrity.

    • Varlan Allan 10+

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      Jul 18 2012: I'm lovin' it

      Lawsuit from McD's on the horizon I'm sure. ;p
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    Adel Zalok

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    Jul 17 2012: I would end wars, educate poor and invent the happiness pill

    • Varlan Allan 10+

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      Jul 18 2012: Great ideas Adel, but may I suggest one ceavet? I suggest maybe creating a happiness pie rather than a pill, as a pie encourages warm thoughts and is more appealing than the hypochondriacal pill-taking.
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        Adel Zalok

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        Jul 18 2012: I meant to reflect the idea of "Making people happy" but since it turned this way, then pies would be a better idea, they are not portable though =D
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      peter lindsay 30+

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      Jul 18 2012: They already have happiness pills. They cost about $20 but it always ends badly.
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      Debra Smith 200+

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      Jul 18 2012: Would you actually take the pill? And isn;t it called Prozac?

  • keith valentine

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    Jul 17 2012: Abolish money.. think of the implications.

    • Varlan Allan 10+

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      Jul 18 2012: My god a radical idea! What on earth would Insurance companies, banks and marketing people do? They might actually have to become useful parts of society...tsk tsk tsk.

      • Michael Burns

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        Jul 19 2012: Before money there was gold. Before gold there was slaves. There is always a system of trade. The big picture would be to figure out a way to remove greed.

  • Avi Beck

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    Jul 17 2012: I guess stop all porn

  • Syed Kazim Raza

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    Jul 17 2012: Failure is directly proportional to successes ....... The more you fail the more there are chances to get a success .
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    Henk Mulder 10+

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    Jul 17 2012: I would do as I do already. Knowing one cannot fail doesn't mean we have a magic wand with which we can end disease and poverty or take flight. What it means is that we live the life we chose to live and do the things we want to do.

  • Ian Willow

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    Jul 17 2012: I'd implement a global distribution system for the produce of volunteer workers after completely removing the current economic system and all the greed and waste that goes with it..
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    Steven Hsieh

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    Jul 16 2012: A person who never fail, never tried anything new
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    Fonkou Djoendia

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    Jul 16 2012: If I knew I could not fail....I would end religion. End wars. End poverty.

  • Sarah Moran

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    Jul 14 2012: I would colonize a new planet, improve space travel, reduce crime, fix capitalism, and bring back abraham lincoln the vampire slayer. i would also travel a lot and um...create the best breakfast dish ever.
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      Debra Smith 200+

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      Jul 18 2012: OK, Abraham Lincoln is one of my heroes and I think we might need him but real history is not the same as fictional movies.
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    Robert Bourdlais

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    Jul 14 2012: Win the lottery and be a mega-million lottery winner of $512,000,000 and begin my dream project. Of course that can be the after tax amount. Wish me luck or help manifest the this event. Thanks ;)

  • Jay Mark

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    Jul 14 2012: Personally play in the NBA. But education wise, I would like to create a new system wherein education is actually free and child driven without plitical B***s**t...

  • Rachel R...

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    Jul 14 2012: This is one of my favorite questions to ask people. I would provide clean drinking water to every person on Earth.

  • CEO Business Management Solutions

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    Jul 14 2012: My dream would be to make the world a better place for children. It doesn't hurt to dream.

  • Mahabalraj Singh Peshi

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    Jul 14 2012: I would do many things, but what quickly comes to mind is : Complete the USMLE, get a good residency spot, do a Phd, start a biomedical company.
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