Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 6 months agoGenies hate this one simple tricklemmy.worldimagemessage-square103linkfedilinkarrow-up1841
arrow-up1841imageGenies hate this one simple tricklemmy.worldChippys_mittens@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square103linkfedilink
minus-squareZomg@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-26 months 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-up1·6 months agoYes it needs a different phrasing, something like “everything I say becomes truth”.
minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months 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.