5 People on a crashing plane and only 4 parachutes The smartest person on earth The most athletic person on earth The wisest person on earth The pilot and a mailman The pilot said ""I drove this plane so I should get one"" then he jumps of with the parachute The most athletic person on earth said ""I'm the most athletic person on earth and people need athletic people so I should get a parachute"" so he gets one and jumps out The smartest person on earth said ""I'm the smartest person on earth and people need smart people so I should get a parachute"" then he jumps out. 2 people left the wisest person on earth and a mailman. The wise person said ""I lived a good life you may take the parachute"" But the mailman replied with ""no it's okay we can both go because the smartest person on earth just jumped off a plane with my backpack""