Luke_A_Somers comments on Evaluating the feasibility of SI's plan - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 10 January 2013 05:31:26PM 0 points [-]

a genie with absolutely no powers

I presume you allowed it the mundane superpowers?

Comment author: OrphanWilde 10 January 2013 05:43:55PM 0 points [-]

Granted, yes. He's actually a student researcher into unknown spells, and one of those spells is what transformed him into a genie of sorts. Strictly speaking he possesses powers that would be exceptional in our world, they're just unremarkable in his. (His mundane superpowers include healing magic and the ability to create simple objects from thin air; that's the sort of world he exists in.)