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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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[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I wish that all my wishes are granted in the manner in which I intended, with no unforeseen complications or consequences.

I wish for the ability grant any and all wishes at my discretion for myself or others in a manner and method of my decision.

[–] WizardGed@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The Genie explains the only way to make all your wishes exactly the way you want would take an all knowing, all powerful being to deal with any possible side affect at any arbitrary time period. If genie granted that in your human form you'd go crazy and die, you might argue that this isn't what you meant but you'd also be dead so the genie would think this must have been foreseen and a known consequence of becoming all knowing as a limited being.. never mind the whole messing with higher powers argument rule.
even if you gave up wish 1 you only get 3 wishes! no new wishes, but the genie says he will allow you to use your last wish on others if you wish...

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 6 hours ago

so becarful what you wish for. like Wishmaster, and djinn from xfiles.