hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoIf you could ask one question and get a 100% true answer, what would it be and why?message-squaremessage-square238fedilinkarrow-up1153
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minus-squareNemo Wuming@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up54arrow-down3·1 year agoSomeone actually was once offered the opportunity to ask such a question. Here is the question that was asked: What is the content of the pair in which the first half is the best question I can ask, and the second half is the answer to that question? Here is the answer received: The best question you can ask is the question you just asked, and the answer to that question is the one you are receiving now.
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minus-squarekakes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoThe monkey’s finger curls down as a lossy algorithm is applied.
minus-squarestoicmaverick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoYeah. A lower limit was never set in the wording of the question, so the answer would likely be “Perpetuate your species as long as possible”
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minus-squarestoicmaverick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoYeah, but you can’t prosper if you don’t exist.
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minus-squareBrainsploosh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoYou could easily modify that question to qualify “best” in a more useful way. “most beneficial for my well being” “most beneficial for humanity’s long term well being” “maximally beneficial to human progress” “maximally conducive to bring about the total destruction of reality by the Old Ones” “best way to a smoothie” Etc.
Someone actually was once offered the opportunity to ask such a question. Here is the question that was asked:
Here is the answer received:
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The monkey’s finger curls down as a lossy algorithm is applied.
Yeah. A lower limit was never set in the wording of the question, so the answer would likely be “Perpetuate your species as long as possible”
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Yeah, but you can’t prosper if you don’t exist.
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You could easily modify that question to qualify “best” in a more useful way.
“most beneficial for my well being”
“most beneficial for humanity’s long term well being”
“maximally beneficial to human progress”
“maximally conducive to bring about the total destruction of reality by the Old Ones”
“best way to a smoothie”
Etc.