Alicorn comments on Open Thread, September 1-15, 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Mitchell_Porter 03 September 2012 04:38:59AM 2 points [-]

Everyone is born with a true name that they intuitively know but can't say, and they also have a unique soul-color. And there are special glow-stones that you can think your true-name at, which will then glow the same as the soul-color of the person with that name.

Comment author: Alicorn 03 September 2012 04:40:37AM 4 points [-]

I'd rather not solve the problem by adding magic that doesn't fit into the existing system. Especially suspiciously convenient magic.