• MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    This assumes that all the wishes are executed at once.

    Assume that there are two important points in a wish. The points of utterance and the point of execution. Wishes are executed as soon as possible. As soon as a wish is executed, it is no longer a wish. It simply is.

    Consider this sequence:

    Wish one is uttered but does not execute until wish two is uttered.

    Wish one executes as soon as wish two is uttered and wish two is modified.

    The modified wish two is executed as soon as wish three is uttered and modifies wish three.

    The modified wish three executes immediately, and wish one may be safely ignored as it has already been executed.

    See, it all depends on the assumptions around the mechanics of wishing. It’s pretty important to know the rules before you get started.