Asking for a friend.

  • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I’d probably want to use his powers of clairvoyance and superhuman intelligence to decide on what to do next.

    But with my average human intelligence, I’d materialize money so I can retire. Wait…Dr. Manhattan is immortal…yeah I’m really going to want to use the brain power thing to come up with something better.

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      1 year ago

      I read a book as a kid where someone got a stone they could ask questions to and always get the right answer.

      The trick was to

      ask the stone what you SHOULD do to instead of how to do a particular thing. Otherwise, you’d end up with genie-style like consequences.

      So yea I’d probably figure out the best way to get humanity to the point where things are pretty good. Possibly deal with corruption, set up a better governance/financial structure, etc. But they key is to figure out what to do after I get the powers, not before