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Blujayooo@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago

Choosing Between All the Knowledge in the Universe and One of Your Friends

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Choosing Between All the Knowledge in the Universe and One of Your Friends

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Blujayooo@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago
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  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    “Not THAT one, but sure.”

  • markovianparallax@lemmy.world
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    You can’t know things and have friends?

    • Sausager@lemmy.world
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      Some things, but not all things. Way of the road bubs

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    isn’t it paradoxical? all the knowledge means you now have an infinitely detailed image of the friend, you know how to create a look-alike human with same dna’s and know how to flash the image to the new human. thus you’ve recreated the friend while keeping the knowledge.

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      Only if that is possible. It is not a god cheat code. In fact even if something is possible it does not mean it is practical or doable in ones lifetime

      • wabasso@lemmy.ca
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        I was also thinking if Gax has all that knowledge then they know her friend is needed, regardless.

  • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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    A friend of mine once told me this story. She was very much trying to do good in school, including studying a lot to do good at the final exams. Her dad had cancer at the time and the prognosis was he’d last till August or so. He died in May. She was devastated. She said she’d rather have spent time with her dad before he passed away than study for the stupid school. Her plan was to study, finish school in June and then spend time with her dad. The universe had other plans. Just a story from real life.

    • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
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      Fuck. That kind of thing stays with you.

  • obvs@lemmy.world
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    What friend?

    • ChogChog@lemmy.world
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      Gax takes your imaginary friend by taking your imagination. You can’t think of any way to use the knowledge you’ve acquired. Shame.

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    Griffith without the torture

  • cally [he/they]@pawb.social
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    if i get all the knowledge in the universe, i’ll know how to retrieve my friend

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      deleted by creator

    • Siethron@lemmy.world
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      The knowledge will let you know you made the wrong decision.

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      Or maybe he just hands you a slip of paper which says “you know nothing”

    • LoreleiSankTheShip@lemmy.ml
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      Maybe you will simply know that it is impossible to retrieve them

      • LowtierComputer@lemmy.world
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        Fair

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    Can we pick the friend?

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  • veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world
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    If he’s still a corporeal form, there aint no way he has all the knowledge of the universe.

    • A Wild Mimic appears!@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Might be easier to communicate that way

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        Could have recreated a physical avatar after compiling the Book.

  • Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club
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    I’ll have some knowledge for free, pls!

    • missfrizzle@discuss.tchncs.de
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      hugs

      DM me if you need a friend. being isolated sucks.

      • Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club
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        Isolated and without knowledge :|.

        Thank you for your kind words, it is appreciated, and helps.

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          This is nice.

          Nice things are nice.

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    That’s like, all of my friends, dude.

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    Im shocked to hear that coming from miss british empire here.

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    Solved.

    Take all knowledge universe

    Control time and space

    Go back and put clone in place of original friend

    Bring original friend with you to your original timeline

    Erase brings knowledge event

    Make perfect “best tasting dish” for friend and you

    Solve world problems after on a full stomach

    :)

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      Control time and space

      And if all the knowledge in the universe tells you time travel is impossible?

      • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zip
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        People in þis þread are continually confusing knowledge wiþ ability.

        • bluecat_OwO@lemmy.world
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          wait do you mean stephen hawking?

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            No, you’re þinking of Bose. Hawing is þe guy who invented General Relativity.

            • bluecat_OwO@lemmy.world
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              it was a dank soggy joke at his intelligence and his disability

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        Oh if our version is I’m wondering how he got to us in the first the place I’m sure there is a high chance of a work around that we wouldn’t know about ;)

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        Then you directly use your knowledge on how to return your friend

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    I would assume that ALL the knowledge in the universe would include how to get my friend back from Gax.

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      It does, but Gax also has all of that knowledge. Now you are in a galactic game of wits.

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        Decoy Gax.

      • PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space
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        had all of that knowledge

        • the_weez@midwest.social
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          Do you lose information when you share it with others?

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            According to big corporations with a lot of intellectual property at least

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        deleted by creator

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    If any alien wants to take me away from you, let them. Fuck earth! I’m off to GORP GORP!!!

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      Relevant SMBC:

      https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/humans-2

      http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/life-on-zorblax

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        The first one is a bit unfair since they don’t say what they’re planning to do with the 100,000 people. Even when things are doing well generally, there will always be people who would jump at the chance to get off the planet and start anew.

        The second one sounds like heaven if the internet access includes a good gaming PC and way to get games on it.

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          I mean, they start with “we come seeking mates.” Sex is implied, though it could be sex slavery, could be a death after sex thing, but there are fetishes for that too, and she got the signups on a fetish site. Seems fair to me, unless you mean the judgement of the Aliens. Maybe asking more questions is part of the test.

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            Oh, you’re right, I missed that. I have a feeling they’d get more male volunteers in that case, but what I said mostly still applies.

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      It’s gonna take a GORP to drag me awaaaay from yoooou!

      And it’s nothing that a hundred Gax or more could ever dooooooo!

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