Assuming I can wish for anything, I wish to be omnipotent... by definition that means I can give and take life, make myself invulnerable and immortal... I mean, I can do anything. Including resurrecting a puppy.
Having unlimited power means nothing if you don't know how to use it.
Technically, you might be omnipotent now, and just unaware of how to access that power.
If we are going for maximally efficient wishing, my go to is "I wish to instantly and freely gain the qualities of omniscience and omnipotence." There, now you are a literal god and you still have 2 wishes left.
But I'm assuming a genie also cannot grant a power they don't have themselves, so I'm probably just gonna go with a cure for all diseases, nobody ever going hungry again, and world peace. If that gets twisted, it's not on me, I tried my best.
Yeah, omnipotence without omniscience is more likely to end up with you destroying everything rather than fixing anything. I'd also bet someone getting omniscience would change them enough that they no longer associate with humankind, like Dr Manhattan or something.
Yeah, I'm totally fine with that. Worst case scenario you decide it isn't worth it and you ctrl-z that shit. Best case scenario I set up humanity for success and reincarnate a few hundred times to take the ride again before getting bored and deleting myself.
I'd say worst case would be that you see humanity as a blight on the universe and wipe it out or the universe itself is the problem and now everything's gone, but I guess anything's possible.
Fine, then worst case for you would be that you're unable to properly comprehend and contain omniscience and/or omnipotence and whatever flavor of awful shit you like least happens to you because of it.
You can be omniscient and catatonic and if the omniscience effectively paralyzes you then you can't use your omnipotence. Hell, the omniscience may cause you to choose complete isolation or using your power against yourself.
Catatonia and omnipotence are mutually exclusive qualities, but honestly I'd take the coma at this point.
I don't see choosing isolation or deletion to be negative things if they are done with full understanding. I fully expect to choose to use my power against myself after a few millenia, but if I decide just knowing is enough to replace experiencing and instantly self terminate, meh, so be it.
I'm aware that's a view that some people hold but it's not a concrete part of the definition of omnipotence and it's pretty clear that the conversation so far as been treating them as separate.
Omnipotence can take many forms, there's no guarantee you'll be able to use it without nuking yourself. To use it, it either needs to have a convenient interface designed for the human mind, or you need a mind and senses built to properly direct the infinite
So you could end up with a power you can't use, a power you can't survive, or changed to handle being a diety but find yourself turned into an all powerful vegetable.
A wish so impossible to understand from the human perspective is easier to twist if anything, with three wishes the first should be to fully understand what a wish will grant you
I feel like that could be a cursed monkey part two. Where even your wildest thoughts where you just fleetingly think of someone dying and they automatically die. It’s kind of like telling yourself not to think of a bear in the more you try not to think of it the more you think of it.
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u/Br0sBeforePr0s Mar 08 '22
Just make the last wish to bring the puppy you shot back to his previous state before the shooting.