• TheBananaKing@lemmy.world
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    What is the simplest proof that P=NP?

    Waht is the simplest complete unified model of physics?

    How do I make you grant me unlimited wishes?

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    1. What’s the catch?

    2. So you’ll just answer ANY three questions I have truthfully?

    3. Wait… Did those first two count?

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    1. What two questions could I ask you that would provide me with the best possible benefit in a way I would be happy with

    2. (And 3) those questions

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    Not sure what devil means here, but I suppose it doesn’t really matter which kind of devil it is exactly. It’s probably going to be very unhelpful or actively malicious on concrete or practical stuff anyway.

    Would just ask stuff about them. How’d they come to be? Are there more of you? Are you limited to this planet, or does your influence extend beyond? Stuff like that.

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    Lotto Numbers, Lotto Numbers, and, is God a jerk?

    I feel like listening to the devil bitch about God for a few hours would be therapeutic.

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    Since it’s impossible to determine whether any given answer is true or not, the logical course of action is to only ask question with observably objective answers. Examples:

    • What are the next lottery numbers?
    • Will it rain tomorrow?
    • Where was the exact location of Troy during the Greek war?

    Things like that.

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      • 1 67 8 10 5 (doesn’t specify where)
      • Yes (doesn’t specify where)
      • Gives you exact coordinates to a town called Troy in the US that existed during the Greek civil war of the 1950s
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      Can’t help you with the first two, but the third is Wilusa, and the problem is more with the when than where.

      Homer fucked up and combined the Mycenaean conquest of Anatolia in the 14th century BCE (the catalog of ships and Helen parts) with the sea peoples retaking the city from the Hittites in the early 12th century BCE after the Hittites took it (presumably in their pursuit of Piyama-Radu) and Tudhaliya IV re-installed their own loyal representative in the late 13th century.

      This ended up completely messing up Greek timelines, btw, with them thinking the Argonauts (the loose tales of the sea peoples period) was before the Trojan War (it straddled the 12th century capture of Troy but was well after the Mycenaeans), or how Perseus is his own grandfather depending on the lineage being followed.

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    I’d probably squander these questions because if it’s the Christian devil, I’m not sure whether or not to trust him or not.

    1. What’s my name?

    2. What’s your name?

    3. Did you know I’m asking these questions because I don’t know whether or not to believe you?

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      “Your name is Joshua”

      “That’s not my name. My name is Sam!”

      “Sam is the name that your parents gave you, but it’s not the name that God gave you”

      “…”

      “Anyway my real name is Larry”

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    I wouldn’t mess with it, he can only lie anyway. Any knowledge you gained would only turn around and bite you, “monkey’s paw” style.

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    How do I know it’s the devil OP? Couldn’t it be God or some other entity? How would I know?

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      Well it looks and sounds like the stereotypical devil. But you’re right, maybe it’s not actually.

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    My questions are conditional, so if 1 is no, no more questions, and so on.

    1. Wanna fuck?
    2. Round 2?
    3. Round 3?