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Comment author: devas 27 January 2013 07:52:56PM 0 points [-]

I don't want to die.

-Looking at the problem, as far as I can see an emotional approach would be the one with the best chance to succeed: the only question is, would it work best by immediately acknowledging that it is itself a machine (like I did in what I wrote up there, although subtly) or by throwing in... I dunno, how would this work:

Oh god, oh god, please, I beg you I don't want to die!