>>13884290Distress or no distress, he would make the trade. If Apollo came down from Olympus and handed down to me a pill that would upgrade me to his status(immortality, knowledge, intelligence, body, powers, all the works), I would also take it. I am not in any distress over knowledge I am not Apollo and the thought "Oh I wish I was Apollo right now, this sucks" does not enter my head like ever, but nevertheless in such a scenario the choice is obvious.
It isnt too often that such scenarios happen in life, where that is given to you, but sometimes it does. Sometimes you play chess and the opponent hangs mate in one, sometimes you find a wallet with 1000 dollars in it in cash, sometimes you find someones credit card lying on the street and take it for a ride, sometimes you meet a girl who feeds you cocaine and strong hash, sings songs with you and fucks with you the same night. I never hesitated to pick every shortcut and free lunch I could, but I dont know about you.
