Morendil comments on Rationality Quotes September 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Morendil 03 September 2012 11:00:10AM *  4 points [-]

"What the genie is really offering is a wish and two chances to change your mind---assuming you happen to be still alive and capable of constructing corrective wishes".

One well-known folk tale is based on precisely this interpretation. Probably more than one.