Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 19 days agoGenies hate this one simple tricklemmy.worldimagemessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1880arrow-down113
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minus-squareZomg@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-219 days agoCouldn’t a genie interpret this as “You can’t say anything that isn’t already true”? Like you couldn’t actually say words unless it was a truth? Not the rewriting of what truth is?
minus-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-219 days agoYes it needs a different phrasing, something like “everything I say becomes truth”.
minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 days agoStill same boat, you are compelled to conform with whatever the actual truth is.
Couldn’t a genie interpret this as “You can’t say anything that isn’t already true”?
Like you couldn’t actually say words unless it was a truth? Not the rewriting of what truth is?
Yes it needs a different phrasing, something like “everything I say becomes truth”.
Still same boat, you are compelled to conform with whatever the actual truth is.