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2d ago

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

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I would assume that ALL the knowledge in the universe would include how to get my friend back from Gax.
- Or the knowledge that you can't.
- It does, but Gax also has all of that knowledge. Now you are in a galactic game of wits.
  
  Decoy Gax.
  
  had all of that knowledge

If it was me being taking away I would tell the person "take the knowledge, build clean energy on this planet! Trust me, that's totally worth one person! Especially if that person is my lazy ass!"
- And then the recipient of the knowledge realizes the problem was never the technology, it's the incentive structure of the system.
  
  What do you mean capitalism only enables greedy psychopaths!?
- Hey now, you're not getting a free escape from this dump that easily.
  
  You get back down here right now 🦀
- "Change the world! My final message. Goodbye."

Can we pick the friend?

If any alien wants to take me away from you, let them. Fuck earth! I'm off to GORP GORP!!!
- Relevant SMBC:
  https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/humans-2
  http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/life-on-zorblax
  
  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.
- 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!

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.
- Fuck. That kind of thing stays with you.

"Not THAT one, but sure."

Damn, Gax really wants a friend.

What's he doing with the friend he's taking? Maybe it won't be so bad.

if i get all the knowledge in the universe, i'll know how to retrieve my friend
- Maybe you will simply know that it is impossible to retrieve them
  
  Fair
- The knowledge will let you know you made the wrong decision.
- Or maybe he just hands you a slip of paper which says "you know nothing"

You can't know things and have friends?
- Some things, but not all things. Way of the road bubs

Beware of trusting Goreans...
- I hadn't read any of the series, but I was aware of it and thought maybe the artist should have chosen a different planet.
  
  I’ve read a great many of the books and I agree with you. I think they’re not aware of Gor and chose the name randomly.
  There was also a movie. That movie was awful.
- Misread that as Transman of Gor at first.

Is test. No-one willing to trade a friend should be given such knowlege freely. Conversely, no-one should bear such a burden alone.
Can we break it up among my friend-group with a decent bit of overlap? Except for the moral hazard stuff; Break that up among us into the smallest, least coherent bits possible.

All the knowledge in the universe sounds like a privacy crisis.

I think there's too many things in the universe I'd rather not know. In fairness to the universe, all those things are happening on this planet (that I know of).
- Just think, you could be aware of all the atrocities being committed on every planet in the universe!

It's definitely a trap. All that knowledge would probably overfill your brain and overwrite parts, making you an insane halfzombie without a friend.
- Halloween!
  
  Was not expecting a Chainsaw man reference in this thread lol

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

I'll have some knowledge for free, pls!
- hugs
  DM me if you need a friend. being isolated sucks.
  
  Isolated and without knowledge :|.
  Thank you for your kind words, it is appreciated, and helps.

Griffith without the torture

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
:)
- Control time and space
  And if all the knowledge in the universe tells you time travel is impossible?
  
  People in þis þread are continually confusing knowledge wiþ ability.
  
  Then you directly use your knowledge on how to return your friend
  
  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 ;)

From from
- From is Gax's last name
  
  Gax From just wanted a friend

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.
- 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
  
  I was also thinking if Gax has all that knowledge then they know her friend is needed, regardless.

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

If he's still a corporeal form, there aint no way he has all the knowledge of the universe.
- Might be easier to communicate that way
  
  Could have recreated a physical avatar after compiling the Book.

What friend?
- 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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