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You have 3 wishes (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by EfreetSK@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] palordrolap@kbin.run 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There's often a rule about not wishing about wishing, either directly or indirectly. This rule's not in the story of Aladdin (at least, not Disney's version) because that would prevent what happens with Jafar at the end.

It's also not a rule in Douglas Hofstadter's book Gödel, Escher, Bach..., where Achilles and the Tortoise - characters Hofstadter frequently borrows as protagonists; his Tortoise is sapient and can talk - contrive to wish that a wish not be granted, or something like that.

And if that last paragraph (with its nested asides) gave you a headache, you'll love the book.

[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

The Genie does say "and ixnay on the wishing for more wishes" after listing the three main rules.

[–] Fisk400@feddit.nu 1 points 4 months ago

Genies are magical, omnipotent beings. They are fully capable of existing in a universe with paradoxes. Guess who can't do that? A pasty little nerd that think he is clever.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Ignorance aint always Bliss

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Couldn’t you just use the first two wishes for immortality and omnipotence and then wish the gene into an infinite loop or something?

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