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You Have found a genie that grants 3 wishes! What are your wishes, how do you avoid loopholes or "the monkeys paw"? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 days ago by WizardGed@lemmy.ca to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca

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Lets assume that genies grant wishes literally, but will twist your words. How do you wish without unintended consequences? Typical rules of no more wishes, no resurrection, no forced love, no altering the past, can't defy logic, can't break physical laws, can't create paradoxes, and can't affect higher powers (this is one tough genie!).

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[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

I wish for a proximity 10milions american dollars worth of unirradiated gold sourced from outerspace, placed here safely next to me, neetly. After that I ask what higher powers are we talk in here, can I mess with my local mayor or no because he was democraticly elected. Can I mess with individual rich person but not a group of them?
Annnd... Uhhhh, I'll ask you again in a bit, just monkey paw me for the first one.

[–] WizardGed@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago (5 children)

1 the genie drops an asteroid down next to you making sure the asteroid is safe. You.... maybe not so much. the genie likes specificity and conciseness and only had to give 1 wish. :)

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

It would be very difficult to place the asteroid next to them in a manner that is both safe and neat in relation to anything involved, while harming the wisher. Like, how would you kill them neatly with an asteroid?

[–] WizardGed@lemmy.ca 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

It said Genie had to place it next to them neatly. Genie just had to make the asteroid indestructable or very hard to not take damage and the speed by which it got there was enough to destroy everything around it. see the multiple meteorites whose simple sound shattered windows for miles

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

That doesn't sound very neat

[–] WizardGed@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago

it was, for the asteroid!

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