Everything Bob says is false. How does he get people to trust him?Everything Joe says is true. How can he get around it?Everything Joe says will become true. Can anybody notice?Everything Joe says is true. How can he most help humanity?Everything Joe says is true. How can he get around it?Everything Joe says is true. How can he most help humanity?Turns out spider man is real. How long until people accept it?How does the UK government react to a worldwide supernatural event?Everything Joe says will become true. Can anybody notice?How to stop someone who can create strong illusions. (without killing him)How it make him able to fight metahumans while not making him a metahumanHow does a super-power salesman not get shut down for legal reasons?What society/government would be stable if people get superpowers randomly?If everyone has telekinesis, how would people fight? (1v1, wars, etc)
How does it work when somebody invests in my business?
What's the purpose of "true" in bash "if sudo true; then"
HashMap containsKey() returns false although hashCode() and equals() are true
Personal Teleportation as a Weapon
Is it correct to write "is not focus on"?
Will it be accepted, if there is no ''Main Character" stereotype?
Minimal reference content
Modify casing of marked letters
Cynical novel that describes an America ruled by the media, arms manufacturers, and ethnic figureheads
How to prove that the query oracle is unitary?
How do I keep an essay about "feeling flat" from feeling flat?
Using parameter substitution on a Bash array
What is the opposite of 'gravitas'?
Can I use my Chinese passport to enter China after I acquired another citizenship?
How do I define a right arrow with bar in LaTeX?
quarter to five p.m
Have I saved too much for retirement so far?
How will losing mobility of one hand affect my career as a programmer?
Valid Badminton Score?
Efficiently merge handle parallel feature branches in SFDX
What is the oldest known work of fiction?
How do I rename a LINUX host without needing to reboot for the rename to take effect?
Go Pregnant or Go Home
Why is delta-v is the most useful quantity for planning space travel?
Everything Bob says is false. How does he get people to trust him?
Everything Joe says is true. How can he get around it?Everything Joe says will become true. Can anybody notice?Everything Joe says is true. How can he most help humanity?Everything Joe says is true. How can he get around it?Everything Joe says is true. How can he most help humanity?Turns out spider man is real. How long until people accept it?How does the UK government react to a worldwide supernatural event?Everything Joe says will become true. Can anybody notice?How to stop someone who can create strong illusions. (without killing him)How it make him able to fight metahumans while not making him a metahumanHow does a super-power salesman not get shut down for legal reasons?What society/government would be stable if people get superpowers randomly?If everyone has telekinesis, how would people fight? (1v1, wars, etc)
$begingroup$
I was looking at the questions where Everything Joe says is true and I thought it would be interesting to explore the inverse superpower.
Bob isn't just a pathological liar, but if he says a true statement, the fabric of reality will be altered to make his statement false in some way. This takes the path of least resistance and will alter as little as possible to make his statements observably false, so for instance if he states that you scored 99/100 on a test (and you did), your score would suddenly become 98 or 100. If Bob states a paradox, nothing happens. People automatically disbelieve any statements he makes. In addition, this superpower is permanent and cannot be removed through anything he might say or any interaction with other superpowers that might exist. As an additional limitation, any statement that, if false, would harm himself or another human is nullified. He also cannot affect his own memory, personality, or desires through a falsified statement.
There are ways to manipulate this in his favor, such as stating the opposite of what he wants in the simplest way possible, but because as little as possible is changed, this can be tricky in some cases since only one detail of his statement must be false in order to render the entire statement technically false.
The problem is that it's hard to get anyone to trust you when you have a track record of only saying lies and nobody ever believes you. How does Bob build any sort of meaningful relationship of trust with anyone?
super-powers
asked 2 hours ago
BeefsterBeefster
437312
$endgroup$
|
show 2 more comments
$begingroup$
I was looking at the questions where Everything Joe says is true and I thought it would be interesting to explore the inverse superpower.
Bob isn't just a pathological liar, but if he says a true statement, the fabric of reality will be altered to make his statement false in some way. This takes the path of least resistance and will alter as little as possible to make his statements observably false, so for instance if he states that you scored 99/100 on a test (and you did), your score would suddenly become 98 or 100. If Bob states a paradox, nothing happens. People automatically disbelieve any statements he makes. In addition, this superpower is permanent and cannot be removed through anything he might say or any interaction with other superpowers that might exist. As an additional limitation, any statement that, if false, would harm himself or another human is nullified. He also cannot affect his own memory, personality, or desires through a falsified statement.
There are ways to manipulate this in his favor, such as stating the opposite of what he wants in the simplest way possible, but because as little as possible is changed, this can be tricky in some cases since only one detail of his statement must be false in order to render the entire statement technically false.
The problem is that it's hard to get anyone to trust you when you have a track record of only saying lies and nobody ever believes you. How does Bob build any sort of meaningful relationship of trust with anyone?
super-powers
asked 2 hours ago
BeefsterBeefster
437312
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
"The jury will decide that $BADGUY is innocent"
$endgroup$
– user535733
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Simply warp the universe: "I know you're looking for a nice guy who always tells you the truth" or "You will be happier with him" or "I know how much truthfulness matters to you"
$endgroup$
– user535733
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Speaking hypothetically, if Bob belonged to one of those churches where people give speeches about their faith and talked to the congregation about God being real and his faith in Jesus and the truth of the Holy Bible, what would happen? What about political movements? Or things like flat-earthers or anti-vax. Racism? This might be a really cool and powerful ability?
$endgroup$
– Ville Niemi
59 mins ago
1
$begingroup$
This Bob better stay "Silent Bob", because saying trivial things like "Good day" would have unintended consequences.
$endgroup$
– Alexander
40 mins ago
1
$begingroup$
My paycheck will be less than one million dollars next week.
$endgroup$
– Dylan
28 mins ago
|
show 2 more comments
$begingroup$
I was looking at the questions where Everything Joe says is true and I thought it would be interesting to explore the inverse superpower.
Bob isn't just a pathological liar, but if he says a true statement, the fabric of reality will be altered to make his statement false in some way. This takes the path of least resistance and will alter as little as possible to make his statements observably false, so for instance if he states that you scored 99/100 on a test (and you did), your score would suddenly become 98 or 100. If Bob states a paradox, nothing happens. People automatically disbelieve any statements he makes. In addition, this superpower is permanent and cannot be removed through anything he might say or any interaction with other superpowers that might exist. As an additional limitation, any statement that, if false, would harm himself or another human is nullified. He also cannot affect his own memory, personality, or desires through a falsified statement.
There are ways to manipulate this in his favor, such as stating the opposite of what he wants in the simplest way possible, but because as little as possible is changed, this can be tricky in some cases since only one detail of his statement must be false in order to render the entire statement technically false.
The problem is that it's hard to get anyone to trust you when you have a track record of only saying lies and nobody ever believes you. How does Bob build any sort of meaningful relationship of trust with anyone?
super-powers
asked 2 hours ago
BeefsterBeefster
437312
$endgroup$
I was looking at the questions where Everything Joe says is true and I thought it would be interesting to explore the inverse superpower.
Bob isn't just a pathological liar, but if he says a true statement, the fabric of reality will be altered to make his statement false in some way. This takes the path of least resistance and will alter as little as possible to make his statements observably false, so for instance if he states that you scored 99/100 on a test (and you did), your score would suddenly become 98 or 100. If Bob states a paradox, nothing happens. People automatically disbelieve any statements he makes. In addition, this superpower is permanent and cannot be removed through anything he might say or any interaction with other superpowers that might exist. As an additional limitation, any statement that, if false, would harm himself or another human is nullified. He also cannot affect his own memory, personality, or desires through a falsified statement.
There are ways to manipulate this in his favor, such as stating the opposite of what he wants in the simplest way possible, but because as little as possible is changed, this can be tricky in some cases since only one detail of his statement must be false in order to render the entire statement technically false.
The problem is that it's hard to get anyone to trust you when you have a track record of only saying lies and nobody ever believes you. How does Bob build any sort of meaningful relationship of trust with anyone?
super-powers
super-powers
asked 2 hours ago
BeefsterBeefster
437312
asked 2 hours ago
BeefsterBeefster
437312
asked 2 hours ago
BeefsterBeefster
437312
asked 2 hours ago
BeefsterBeefster
437312
asked 2 hours ago
BeefsterBeefster
437312
437312
$begingroup$
"The jury will decide that $BADGUY is innocent"
$endgroup$
– user535733
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Simply warp the universe: "I know you're looking for a nice guy who always tells you the truth" or "You will be happier with him" or "I know how much truthfulness matters to you"
$endgroup$
– user535733
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Speaking hypothetically, if Bob belonged to one of those churches where people give speeches about their faith and talked to the congregation about God being real and his faith in Jesus and the truth of the Holy Bible, what would happen? What about political movements? Or things like flat-earthers or anti-vax. Racism? This might be a really cool and powerful ability?
$endgroup$
– Ville Niemi
59 mins ago
1
$begingroup$
This Bob better stay "Silent Bob", because saying trivial things like "Good day" would have unintended consequences.
$endgroup$
– Alexander
40 mins ago
1
$begingroup$
My paycheck will be less than one million dollars next week.
$endgroup$
– Dylan
28 mins ago
|
show 2 more comments
$begingroup$
"The jury will decide that $BADGUY is innocent"
$endgroup$
– user535733
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Simply warp the universe: "I know you're looking for a nice guy who always tells you the truth" or "You will be happier with him" or "I know how much truthfulness matters to you"
$endgroup$
– user535733
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Speaking hypothetically, if Bob belonged to one of those churches where people give speeches about their faith and talked to the congregation about God being real and his faith in Jesus and the truth of the Holy Bible, what would happen? What about political movements? Or things like flat-earthers or anti-vax. Racism? This might be a really cool and powerful ability?
$endgroup$
– Ville Niemi
59 mins ago
1
$begingroup$
This Bob better stay "Silent Bob", because saying trivial things like "Good day" would have unintended consequences.
$endgroup$
– Alexander
40 mins ago
1
$begingroup$
My paycheck will be less than one million dollars next week.
$endgroup$
– Dylan
28 mins ago
$begingroup$
"The jury will decide that $BADGUY is innocent"
$endgroup$
– user535733
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
"The jury will decide that $BADGUY is innocent"
$endgroup$
– user535733
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Simply warp the universe: "I know you're looking for a nice guy who always tells you the truth" or "You will be happier with him" or "I know how much truthfulness matters to you"
$endgroup$
– user535733
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Simply warp the universe: "I know you're looking for a nice guy who always tells you the truth" or "You will be happier with him" or "I know how much truthfulness matters to you"
$endgroup$
– user535733
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Speaking hypothetically, if Bob belonged to one of those churches where people give speeches about their faith and talked to the congregation about God being real and his faith in Jesus and the truth of the Holy Bible, what would happen? What about political movements? Or things like flat-earthers or anti-vax. Racism? This might be a really cool and powerful ability?
$endgroup$
– Ville Niemi
59 mins ago
$begingroup$
Speaking hypothetically, if Bob belonged to one of those churches where people give speeches about their faith and talked to the congregation about God being real and his faith in Jesus and the truth of the Holy Bible, what would happen? What about political movements? Or things like flat-earthers or anti-vax. Racism? This might be a really cool and powerful ability?
$endgroup$
– Ville Niemi
59 mins ago
1
1
$begingroup$
This Bob better stay "Silent Bob", because saying trivial things like "Good day" would have unintended consequences.
$endgroup$
– Alexander
40 mins ago
$begingroup$
This Bob better stay "Silent Bob", because saying trivial things like "Good day" would have unintended consequences.
$endgroup$
– Alexander
40 mins ago
1
1
$begingroup$
My paycheck will be less than one million dollars next week.
$endgroup$
– Dylan
28 mins ago
$begingroup$
My paycheck will be less than one million dollars next week.
$endgroup$
– Dylan
28 mins ago
|
show 2 more comments
8 Answers
8
active
oldest
votes
$begingroup$
There are seconds during this week/month/year that you will not trust me a bit. --Bob
answered 1 hour ago
Kasper van den BergKasper van den Berg
35128
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
That's not really answering the question. That's more just a proof that Bob can force things to be true.
$endgroup$
– David
1 hour ago
1
$begingroup$
@David question is about how does he make people to trust him. If fabrics of reality makes what he says false then this statement is simplest, sure solution — there will not be a second someone does not trust him, so this person will trust him, problem solved.
$endgroup$
– Mołot
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Fair enough, I didn't think about that.
$endgroup$
– David
1 hour ago
1
$begingroup$
This is rough though.. because due to the path of least resistance, you end up with people only trusting bob slightly more than a bit.
$endgroup$
– Dylan
12 mins ago
$begingroup$
I added my own twist on this one, to compensate for least resistance.
$endgroup$
– Dylan
3 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
There are ways to manipulate this in his favor, such as stating the opposite of what he wants in the simplest way possible, but because as little as possible is changed, this can be tricky in some cases since only one detail of his statement must be false in order to render the entire statement technically false.
Bob wants actually to state things not as simply as possible, since as you mentioned, this leads to several possible outcomes. He wants to state things as precise as possible.
"My net worth is at most 10 dollars", has the logical (and only possible) opposite "My net worth is more than 10 dollars" (and Bob will have net worth of 10.01 dollars if taking the path least resistance).
"The set of people who distrusts me is non empty" has opposite "The set of people who distrusts me is empty", i.e. no one distrusts Bob...
answered 45 mins ago
maria_cmaria_c
412
New contributor
maria_c is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
You kind of answered your own question, he can't remove this superpower by stating he has it so he can go up to anyone, explain the way the power works and then demonstrate it using some easy cases. People will be skeptical at first but will believe him after enough convincing examples.
answered 52 mins ago
MuuskiMuuski
41827
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
NOTE: This answer assumes Bob cannot make people trust him simply by saying "You don't trust me".
It's very easy to get people to trust him. Simply announce in a loud voice the opposite of what you want and soon people will pick up that the opposite will happen. If you want people to notice faster do it in a casino.
It will take some time to fine-tune what to say, but this is essentially a wish granting power. You just have to phrase it a little weird.
Your friends will all want you to say things like
My company's value will go down
Or
It'll land on black
Or
Your marriage won't last
Several economic indicators are like this. Things like more stocks being issued (IPOs) and more credit being available happens before a stock market crash. People watch these and try to time the market (but rarely succeed).
The real curse is to say the truth but have no one believe you like Cassandra
answered 1 hour ago
sevensevenssevensevens
4795
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
"In addition, this superpower is permanent and cannot be removed through anything he might say or any interaction with other superpowers that might exist."
$endgroup$
– Rob Watts
45 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
In @KaspervandenBerg 's answer:
There are seconds during this week/month/year that you will not trust me a bit. --Bob
due to least resistance, you end up with people only trusting bob slightly more than a bit.
I propose this:
You trust me less than you trust everyone else.
answered 9 mins ago
DylanDylan
2114
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Bob can be a superhero and become rich really easy.
All he needs to do is to spread conspiracy theories.
Bob says the Earth is flat. The Earth assumes a spherical geometry. Had Bob not used his power, we would eventually be suffocated by the giant elephants' magical freezing farts which keep the frozen barrier st the rim in place, or we would eventually be smashed by the cosmic turtle's sexual partner.
Bob says aliens are abducting people and probing their cavities. Now the aliens can't do that - Bob is a one man X-com!
Bob says planes leave out chemtrails that are used for mind control. Now they don't anymore! Take that, Illuminatti!
And so on. The only conspiracy theories he can't defeat are vaccine and GMO related ones, because those can actually cause direct harm to people.
So most everyone from the average Joe to the eggheads of our time will not trust Bob, but that's not a problem. He will have the undisputed and unwavering trust and loyalty of basically every Infowars follower. He can even take over Alex Jones's place and make huge loads of cash that way.
Heck, Bob could even easily become the next republican president, and he would save the world from climate change by claiming that coal is cleaner than solar and wind power.
answered 1 hour ago
RenanRenan
51.1k14118255
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
It is really simple.
Don't try to make them believe you. Always tell the lie that they won't believe to get them to realize the truth.
If your friend asks if you want to head out to dinner and you do, actually want to, say "no." Your friend will know that you can't tell the truth and know what you are saying.
Once enough people know about the power, everyone will know that he has to speak that way.
Also, he would be in high demand for anything that requires safety.
Any time he gets on an airplane, all he has to say is "this plane will not land safely."
He can be the benevolent doomsayer.
answered 24 mins ago
ShadoCatShadoCat
15.5k2053
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
How linguistically savvy is this superpower? How linguistically savvy is Bob?
I'm assuming here that Bob wants to communicate the truth and wants to be trusted. I'm also going to be treating the superpower as an antagonist to this goal.
If the superpower can recognize the intent of his statements and will change the truth of the part he intends to communicate, he's kind of stuck (although maria_c's answer is a good one for getting as close as possible to the truth).
If, however, the superpower only analyzes his statements in terms of syntax and semantics, Bob can work around the limitation in various ways.
First, he can use questions instead of statements. While declarative sentences have a truth value (as long as they aren't paradoxes), interrogative sentences do not. So if he wanted to tell you that Madrid is the capital of Spain, he could ask you "Did you know that Madrid is the capital of Spain?"
Second, he could always tell you what he wants you to know in a content clause. This will still involve a declarative sentence, but by selecting the main clause carefully he can make a sentence that is false (and therefore exempt from the power) with a true content clause ("No one knows that Madrid is the capital of Spain.").
answered 18 mins ago
MacAMacA
1096
New contributor
MacA is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
$endgroup$
add a comment |
Your Answer
StackExchange.ifUsing("editor", function ()
return StackExchange.using("mathjaxEditing", function ()
StackExchange.MarkdownEditor.creationCallbacks.add(function (editor, postfix)
StackExchange.mathjaxEditing.prepareWmdForMathJax(editor, postfix, [["$", "$"], ["\\(","\\)"]]);
);
);
, "mathjax-editing");
StackExchange.ready(function()
var channelOptions =
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "579"
;
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function()
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled)
StackExchange.using("snippets", function()
createEditor();
);
else
createEditor();
);
function createEditor()
StackExchange.prepareEditor(
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader:
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
,
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
);
);
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fworldbuilding.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f142465%2feverything-bob-says-is-false-how-does-he-get-people-to-trust-him%23new-answer', 'question_page');
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
8 Answers
8
active
oldest
votes
8 Answers
8
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
$begingroup$
There are seconds during this week/month/year that you will not trust me a bit. --Bob
answered 1 hour ago
Kasper van den BergKasper van den Berg
35128
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
That's not really answering the question. That's more just a proof that Bob can force things to be true.
$endgroup$
– David
1 hour ago
1
$begingroup$
@David question is about how does he make people to trust him. If fabrics of reality makes what he says false then this statement is simplest, sure solution — there will not be a second someone does not trust him, so this person will trust him, problem solved.
$endgroup$
– Mołot
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Fair enough, I didn't think about that.
$endgroup$
– David
1 hour ago
1
$begingroup$
This is rough though.. because due to the path of least resistance, you end up with people only trusting bob slightly more than a bit.
$endgroup$
– Dylan
12 mins ago
$begingroup$
I added my own twist on this one, to compensate for least resistance.
$endgroup$
– Dylan
3 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
There are seconds during this week/month/year that you will not trust me a bit. --Bob
answered 1 hour ago
Kasper van den BergKasper van den Berg
35128
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
That's not really answering the question. That's more just a proof that Bob can force things to be true.
$endgroup$
– David
1 hour ago
1
$begingroup$
@David question is about how does he make people to trust him. If fabrics of reality makes what he says false then this statement is simplest, sure solution — there will not be a second someone does not trust him, so this person will trust him, problem solved.
$endgroup$
– Mołot
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Fair enough, I didn't think about that.
$endgroup$
– David
1 hour ago
1
$begingroup$
This is rough though.. because due to the path of least resistance, you end up with people only trusting bob slightly more than a bit.
$endgroup$
– Dylan
12 mins ago
$begingroup$
I added my own twist on this one, to compensate for least resistance.
$endgroup$
– Dylan
3 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
There are seconds during this week/month/year that you will not trust me a bit. --Bob
answered 1 hour ago
Kasper van den BergKasper van den Berg
35128
$endgroup$
There are seconds during this week/month/year that you will not trust me a bit. --Bob
answered 1 hour ago
Kasper van den BergKasper van den Berg
35128
answered 1 hour ago
Kasper van den BergKasper van den Berg
35128
answered 1 hour ago
Kasper van den BergKasper van den Berg
35128
answered 1 hour ago
Kasper van den BergKasper van den Berg
35128
35128
$begingroup$
That's not really answering the question. That's more just a proof that Bob can force things to be true.
$endgroup$
– David
1 hour ago
1
$begingroup$
@David question is about how does he make people to trust him. If fabrics of reality makes what he says false then this statement is simplest, sure solution — there will not be a second someone does not trust him, so this person will trust him, problem solved.
$endgroup$
– Mołot
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Fair enough, I didn't think about that.
$endgroup$
– David
1 hour ago
1
$begingroup$
This is rough though.. because due to the path of least resistance, you end up with people only trusting bob slightly more than a bit.
$endgroup$
– Dylan
12 mins ago
$begingroup$
I added my own twist on this one, to compensate for least resistance.
$endgroup$
– Dylan
3 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
That's not really answering the question. That's more just a proof that Bob can force things to be true.
$endgroup$
– David
1 hour ago
1
$begingroup$
@David question is about how does he make people to trust him. If fabrics of reality makes what he says false then this statement is simplest, sure solution — there will not be a second someone does not trust him, so this person will trust him, problem solved.
$endgroup$
– Mołot
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Fair enough, I didn't think about that.
$endgroup$
– David
1 hour ago
1
$begingroup$
This is rough though.. because due to the path of least resistance, you end up with people only trusting bob slightly more than a bit.
$endgroup$
– Dylan
12 mins ago
$begingroup$
I added my own twist on this one, to compensate for least resistance.
$endgroup$
– Dylan
3 mins ago
$begingroup$
That's not really answering the question. That's more just a proof that Bob can force things to be true.
$endgroup$
– David
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
That's not really answering the question. That's more just a proof that Bob can force things to be true.
$endgroup$
– David
1 hour ago
1
1
$begingroup$
@David question is about how does he make people to trust him. If fabrics of reality makes what he says false then this statement is simplest, sure solution — there will not be a second someone does not trust him, so this person will trust him, problem solved.
$endgroup$
– Mołot
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
@David question is about how does he make people to trust him. If fabrics of reality makes what he says false then this statement is simplest, sure solution — there will not be a second someone does not trust him, so this person will trust him, problem solved.
$endgroup$
– Mołot
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Fair enough, I didn't think about that.
$endgroup$
– David
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Fair enough, I didn't think about that.
$endgroup$
– David
1 hour ago
1
1
$begingroup$
This is rough though.. because due to the path of least resistance, you end up with people only trusting bob slightly more than a bit.
$endgroup$
– Dylan
12 mins ago
$begingroup$
This is rough though.. because due to the path of least resistance, you end up with people only trusting bob slightly more than a bit.
$endgroup$
– Dylan
12 mins ago
$begingroup$
I added my own twist on this one, to compensate for least resistance.
$endgroup$
– Dylan
3 mins ago
$begingroup$
I added my own twist on this one, to compensate for least resistance.
$endgroup$
– Dylan
3 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
There are ways to manipulate this in his favor, such as stating the opposite of what he wants in the simplest way possible, but because as little as possible is changed, this can be tricky in some cases since only one detail of his statement must be false in order to render the entire statement technically false.
Bob wants actually to state things not as simply as possible, since as you mentioned, this leads to several possible outcomes. He wants to state things as precise as possible.
"My net worth is at most 10 dollars", has the logical (and only possible) opposite "My net worth is more than 10 dollars" (and Bob will have net worth of 10.01 dollars if taking the path least resistance).
"The set of people who distrusts me is non empty" has opposite "The set of people who distrusts me is empty", i.e. no one distrusts Bob...
answered 45 mins ago
maria_cmaria_c
412
New contributor
maria_c is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
There are ways to manipulate this in his favor, such as stating the opposite of what he wants in the simplest way possible, but because as little as possible is changed, this can be tricky in some cases since only one detail of his statement must be false in order to render the entire statement technically false.
Bob wants actually to state things not as simply as possible, since as you mentioned, this leads to several possible outcomes. He wants to state things as precise as possible.
"My net worth is at most 10 dollars", has the logical (and only possible) opposite "My net worth is more than 10 dollars" (and Bob will have net worth of 10.01 dollars if taking the path least resistance).
"The set of people who distrusts me is non empty" has opposite "The set of people who distrusts me is empty", i.e. no one distrusts Bob...
answered 45 mins ago
maria_cmaria_c
412
New contributor
maria_c is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
There are ways to manipulate this in his favor, such as stating the opposite of what he wants in the simplest way possible, but because as little as possible is changed, this can be tricky in some cases since only one detail of his statement must be false in order to render the entire statement technically false.
Bob wants actually to state things not as simply as possible, since as you mentioned, this leads to several possible outcomes. He wants to state things as precise as possible.
"My net worth is at most 10 dollars", has the logical (and only possible) opposite "My net worth is more than 10 dollars" (and Bob will have net worth of 10.01 dollars if taking the path least resistance).
"The set of people who distrusts me is non empty" has opposite "The set of people who distrusts me is empty", i.e. no one distrusts Bob...
answered 45 mins ago
maria_cmaria_c
412
New contributor
maria_c is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
$endgroup$
There are ways to manipulate this in his favor, such as stating the opposite of what he wants in the simplest way possible, but because as little as possible is changed, this can be tricky in some cases since only one detail of his statement must be false in order to render the entire statement technically false.
Bob wants actually to state things not as simply as possible, since as you mentioned, this leads to several possible outcomes. He wants to state things as precise as possible.
"My net worth is at most 10 dollars", has the logical (and only possible) opposite "My net worth is more than 10 dollars" (and Bob will have net worth of 10.01 dollars if taking the path least resistance).
"The set of people who distrusts me is non empty" has opposite "The set of people who distrusts me is empty", i.e. no one distrusts Bob...
answered 45 mins ago
maria_cmaria_c
412
New contributor
maria_c is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
answered 45 mins ago
maria_cmaria_c
412
New contributor
maria_c is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
answered 45 mins ago
maria_cmaria_c
412
answered 45 mins ago
maria_cmaria_c
412
412
New contributor
maria_c is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
New contributor
maria_c is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
maria_c is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
add a comment |
$begingroup$
You kind of answered your own question, he can't remove this superpower by stating he has it so he can go up to anyone, explain the way the power works and then demonstrate it using some easy cases. People will be skeptical at first but will believe him after enough convincing examples.
answered 52 mins ago
MuuskiMuuski
41827
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
You kind of answered your own question, he can't remove this superpower by stating he has it so he can go up to anyone, explain the way the power works and then demonstrate it using some easy cases. People will be skeptical at first but will believe him after enough convincing examples.
answered 52 mins ago
MuuskiMuuski
41827
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
You kind of answered your own question, he can't remove this superpower by stating he has it so he can go up to anyone, explain the way the power works and then demonstrate it using some easy cases. People will be skeptical at first but will believe him after enough convincing examples.
answered 52 mins ago
MuuskiMuuski
41827
$endgroup$
You kind of answered your own question, he can't remove this superpower by stating he has it so he can go up to anyone, explain the way the power works and then demonstrate it using some easy cases. People will be skeptical at first but will believe him after enough convincing examples.
answered 52 mins ago
MuuskiMuuski
41827
answered 52 mins ago
MuuskiMuuski
41827
answered 52 mins ago
MuuskiMuuski
41827
answered 52 mins ago
MuuskiMuuski
41827
41827
add a comment |
add a comment |
$begingroup$
NOTE: This answer assumes Bob cannot make people trust him simply by saying "You don't trust me".
It's very easy to get people to trust him. Simply announce in a loud voice the opposite of what you want and soon people will pick up that the opposite will happen. If you want people to notice faster do it in a casino.
It will take some time to fine-tune what to say, but this is essentially a wish granting power. You just have to phrase it a little weird.
Your friends will all want you to say things like
My company's value will go down
Or
It'll land on black
Or
Your marriage won't last
Several economic indicators are like this. Things like more stocks being issued (IPOs) and more credit being available happens before a stock market crash. People watch these and try to time the market (but rarely succeed).
The real curse is to say the truth but have no one believe you like Cassandra
answered 1 hour ago
sevensevenssevensevens
4795
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
"In addition, this superpower is permanent and cannot be removed through anything he might say or any interaction with other superpowers that might exist."
$endgroup$
– Rob Watts
45 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
NOTE: This answer assumes Bob cannot make people trust him simply by saying "You don't trust me".
It's very easy to get people to trust him. Simply announce in a loud voice the opposite of what you want and soon people will pick up that the opposite will happen. If you want people to notice faster do it in a casino.
It will take some time to fine-tune what to say, but this is essentially a wish granting power. You just have to phrase it a little weird.
Your friends will all want you to say things like
My company's value will go down
Or
It'll land on black
Or
Your marriage won't last
Several economic indicators are like this. Things like more stocks being issued (IPOs) and more credit being available happens before a stock market crash. People watch these and try to time the market (but rarely succeed).
The real curse is to say the truth but have no one believe you like Cassandra
answered 1 hour ago
sevensevenssevensevens
4795
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
"In addition, this superpower is permanent and cannot be removed through anything he might say or any interaction with other superpowers that might exist."
$endgroup$
– Rob Watts
45 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
NOTE: This answer assumes Bob cannot make people trust him simply by saying "You don't trust me".
It's very easy to get people to trust him. Simply announce in a loud voice the opposite of what you want and soon people will pick up that the opposite will happen. If you want people to notice faster do it in a casino.
It will take some time to fine-tune what to say, but this is essentially a wish granting power. You just have to phrase it a little weird.
Your friends will all want you to say things like
My company's value will go down
Or
It'll land on black
Or
Your marriage won't last
Several economic indicators are like this. Things like more stocks being issued (IPOs) and more credit being available happens before a stock market crash. People watch these and try to time the market (but rarely succeed).
The real curse is to say the truth but have no one believe you like Cassandra
answered 1 hour ago
sevensevenssevensevens
4795
$endgroup$
NOTE: This answer assumes Bob cannot make people trust him simply by saying "You don't trust me".
It's very easy to get people to trust him. Simply announce in a loud voice the opposite of what you want and soon people will pick up that the opposite will happen. If you want people to notice faster do it in a casino.
It will take some time to fine-tune what to say, but this is essentially a wish granting power. You just have to phrase it a little weird.
Your friends will all want you to say things like
My company's value will go down
Or
It'll land on black
Or
Your marriage won't last
Several economic indicators are like this. Things like more stocks being issued (IPOs) and more credit being available happens before a stock market crash. People watch these and try to time the market (but rarely succeed).
The real curse is to say the truth but have no one believe you like Cassandra
answered 1 hour ago
sevensevenssevensevens
4795
edited 28 mins ago
answered 1 hour ago
sevensevenssevensevens
4795
answered 1 hour ago
sevensevenssevensevens
4795
answered 1 hour ago
sevensevenssevensevens
4795
4795
$begingroup$
"In addition, this superpower is permanent and cannot be removed through anything he might say or any interaction with other superpowers that might exist."
$endgroup$
– Rob Watts
45 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
"In addition, this superpower is permanent and cannot be removed through anything he might say or any interaction with other superpowers that might exist."
$endgroup$
– Rob Watts
45 mins ago
$begingroup$
"In addition, this superpower is permanent and cannot be removed through anything he might say or any interaction with other superpowers that might exist."
$endgroup$
– Rob Watts
45 mins ago
$begingroup$
"In addition, this superpower is permanent and cannot be removed through anything he might say or any interaction with other superpowers that might exist."
$endgroup$
– Rob Watts
45 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
In @KaspervandenBerg 's answer:
There are seconds during this week/month/year that you will not trust me a bit. --Bob
due to least resistance, you end up with people only trusting bob slightly more than a bit.
I propose this:
You trust me less than you trust everyone else.
answered 9 mins ago
DylanDylan
2114
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
In @KaspervandenBerg 's answer:
There are seconds during this week/month/year that you will not trust me a bit. --Bob
due to least resistance, you end up with people only trusting bob slightly more than a bit.
I propose this:
You trust me less than you trust everyone else.
answered 9 mins ago
DylanDylan
2114
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
In @KaspervandenBerg 's answer:
There are seconds during this week/month/year that you will not trust me a bit. --Bob
due to least resistance, you end up with people only trusting bob slightly more than a bit.
I propose this:
You trust me less than you trust everyone else.
answered 9 mins ago
DylanDylan
2114
$endgroup$
In @KaspervandenBerg 's answer:
There are seconds during this week/month/year that you will not trust me a bit. --Bob
due to least resistance, you end up with people only trusting bob slightly more than a bit.
I propose this:
You trust me less than you trust everyone else.
answered 9 mins ago
DylanDylan
2114
answered 9 mins ago
DylanDylan
2114
answered 9 mins ago
DylanDylan
2114
answered 9 mins ago
DylanDylan
2114
2114
add a comment |
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Bob can be a superhero and become rich really easy.
All he needs to do is to spread conspiracy theories.
Bob says the Earth is flat. The Earth assumes a spherical geometry. Had Bob not used his power, we would eventually be suffocated by the giant elephants' magical freezing farts which keep the frozen barrier st the rim in place, or we would eventually be smashed by the cosmic turtle's sexual partner.
Bob says aliens are abducting people and probing their cavities. Now the aliens can't do that - Bob is a one man X-com!
Bob says planes leave out chemtrails that are used for mind control. Now they don't anymore! Take that, Illuminatti!
And so on. The only conspiracy theories he can't defeat are vaccine and GMO related ones, because those can actually cause direct harm to people.
So most everyone from the average Joe to the eggheads of our time will not trust Bob, but that's not a problem. He will have the undisputed and unwavering trust and loyalty of basically every Infowars follower. He can even take over Alex Jones's place and make huge loads of cash that way.
Heck, Bob could even easily become the next republican president, and he would save the world from climate change by claiming that coal is cleaner than solar and wind power.
answered 1 hour ago
RenanRenan
51.1k14118255
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Bob can be a superhero and become rich really easy.
All he needs to do is to spread conspiracy theories.
Bob says the Earth is flat. The Earth assumes a spherical geometry. Had Bob not used his power, we would eventually be suffocated by the giant elephants' magical freezing farts which keep the frozen barrier st the rim in place, or we would eventually be smashed by the cosmic turtle's sexual partner.
Bob says aliens are abducting people and probing their cavities. Now the aliens can't do that - Bob is a one man X-com!
Bob says planes leave out chemtrails that are used for mind control. Now they don't anymore! Take that, Illuminatti!
And so on. The only conspiracy theories he can't defeat are vaccine and GMO related ones, because those can actually cause direct harm to people.
So most everyone from the average Joe to the eggheads of our time will not trust Bob, but that's not a problem. He will have the undisputed and unwavering trust and loyalty of basically every Infowars follower. He can even take over Alex Jones's place and make huge loads of cash that way.
Heck, Bob could even easily become the next republican president, and he would save the world from climate change by claiming that coal is cleaner than solar and wind power.
answered 1 hour ago
RenanRenan
51.1k14118255
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Bob can be a superhero and become rich really easy.
All he needs to do is to spread conspiracy theories.
Bob says the Earth is flat. The Earth assumes a spherical geometry. Had Bob not used his power, we would eventually be suffocated by the giant elephants' magical freezing farts which keep the frozen barrier st the rim in place, or we would eventually be smashed by the cosmic turtle's sexual partner.
Bob says aliens are abducting people and probing their cavities. Now the aliens can't do that - Bob is a one man X-com!
Bob says planes leave out chemtrails that are used for mind control. Now they don't anymore! Take that, Illuminatti!
And so on. The only conspiracy theories he can't defeat are vaccine and GMO related ones, because those can actually cause direct harm to people.
So most everyone from the average Joe to the eggheads of our time will not trust Bob, but that's not a problem. He will have the undisputed and unwavering trust and loyalty of basically every Infowars follower. He can even take over Alex Jones's place and make huge loads of cash that way.
Heck, Bob could even easily become the next republican president, and he would save the world from climate change by claiming that coal is cleaner than solar and wind power.
answered 1 hour ago
RenanRenan
51.1k14118255
$endgroup$
Bob can be a superhero and become rich really easy.
All he needs to do is to spread conspiracy theories.
Bob says the Earth is flat. The Earth assumes a spherical geometry. Had Bob not used his power, we would eventually be suffocated by the giant elephants' magical freezing farts which keep the frozen barrier st the rim in place, or we would eventually be smashed by the cosmic turtle's sexual partner.
Bob says aliens are abducting people and probing their cavities. Now the aliens can't do that - Bob is a one man X-com!
Bob says planes leave out chemtrails that are used for mind control. Now they don't anymore! Take that, Illuminatti!
And so on. The only conspiracy theories he can't defeat are vaccine and GMO related ones, because those can actually cause direct harm to people.
So most everyone from the average Joe to the eggheads of our time will not trust Bob, but that's not a problem. He will have the undisputed and unwavering trust and loyalty of basically every Infowars follower. He can even take over Alex Jones's place and make huge loads of cash that way.
Heck, Bob could even easily become the next republican president, and he would save the world from climate change by claiming that coal is cleaner than solar and wind power.
answered 1 hour ago
RenanRenan
51.1k14118255
answered 1 hour ago
RenanRenan
51.1k14118255
answered 1 hour ago
RenanRenan
51.1k14118255
answered 1 hour ago
RenanRenan
51.1k14118255
51.1k14118255
add a comment |
add a comment |
$begingroup$
It is really simple.
Don't try to make them believe you. Always tell the lie that they won't believe to get them to realize the truth.
If your friend asks if you want to head out to dinner and you do, actually want to, say "no." Your friend will know that you can't tell the truth and know what you are saying.
Once enough people know about the power, everyone will know that he has to speak that way.
Also, he would be in high demand for anything that requires safety.
Any time he gets on an airplane, all he has to say is "this plane will not land safely."
He can be the benevolent doomsayer.
answered 24 mins ago
ShadoCatShadoCat
15.5k2053
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
It is really simple.
Don't try to make them believe you. Always tell the lie that they won't believe to get them to realize the truth.
If your friend asks if you want to head out to dinner and you do, actually want to, say "no." Your friend will know that you can't tell the truth and know what you are saying.
Once enough people know about the power, everyone will know that he has to speak that way.
Also, he would be in high demand for anything that requires safety.
Any time he gets on an airplane, all he has to say is "this plane will not land safely."
He can be the benevolent doomsayer.
answered 24 mins ago
ShadoCatShadoCat
15.5k2053
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
It is really simple.
Don't try to make them believe you. Always tell the lie that they won't believe to get them to realize the truth.
If your friend asks if you want to head out to dinner and you do, actually want to, say "no." Your friend will know that you can't tell the truth and know what you are saying.
Once enough people know about the power, everyone will know that he has to speak that way.
Also, he would be in high demand for anything that requires safety.
Any time he gets on an airplane, all he has to say is "this plane will not land safely."
He can be the benevolent doomsayer.
answered 24 mins ago
ShadoCatShadoCat
15.5k2053
$endgroup$
It is really simple.
Don't try to make them believe you. Always tell the lie that they won't believe to get them to realize the truth.
If your friend asks if you want to head out to dinner and you do, actually want to, say "no." Your friend will know that you can't tell the truth and know what you are saying.
Once enough people know about the power, everyone will know that he has to speak that way.
Also, he would be in high demand for anything that requires safety.
Any time he gets on an airplane, all he has to say is "this plane will not land safely."
He can be the benevolent doomsayer.
answered 24 mins ago
ShadoCatShadoCat
15.5k2053
answered 24 mins ago
ShadoCatShadoCat
15.5k2053
answered 24 mins ago
ShadoCatShadoCat
15.5k2053
answered 24 mins ago
ShadoCatShadoCat
15.5k2053
15.5k2053
add a comment |
add a comment |
$begingroup$
How linguistically savvy is this superpower? How linguistically savvy is Bob?
I'm assuming here that Bob wants to communicate the truth and wants to be trusted. I'm also going to be treating the superpower as an antagonist to this goal.
If the superpower can recognize the intent of his statements and will change the truth of the part he intends to communicate, he's kind of stuck (although maria_c's answer is a good one for getting as close as possible to the truth).
If, however, the superpower only analyzes his statements in terms of syntax and semantics, Bob can work around the limitation in various ways.
First, he can use questions instead of statements. While declarative sentences have a truth value (as long as they aren't paradoxes), interrogative sentences do not. So if he wanted to tell you that Madrid is the capital of Spain, he could ask you "Did you know that Madrid is the capital of Spain?"
Second, he could always tell you what he wants you to know in a content clause. This will still involve a declarative sentence, but by selecting the main clause carefully he can make a sentence that is false (and therefore exempt from the power) with a true content clause ("No one knows that Madrid is the capital of Spain.").
answered 18 mins ago
MacAMacA
1096
New contributor
MacA is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
How linguistically savvy is this superpower? How linguistically savvy is Bob?
I'm assuming here that Bob wants to communicate the truth and wants to be trusted. I'm also going to be treating the superpower as an antagonist to this goal.
If the superpower can recognize the intent of his statements and will change the truth of the part he intends to communicate, he's kind of stuck (although maria_c's answer is a good one for getting as close as possible to the truth).
If, however, the superpower only analyzes his statements in terms of syntax and semantics, Bob can work around the limitation in various ways.
First, he can use questions instead of statements. While declarative sentences have a truth value (as long as they aren't paradoxes), interrogative sentences do not. So if he wanted to tell you that Madrid is the capital of Spain, he could ask you "Did you know that Madrid is the capital of Spain?"
Second, he could always tell you what he wants you to know in a content clause. This will still involve a declarative sentence, but by selecting the main clause carefully he can make a sentence that is false (and therefore exempt from the power) with a true content clause ("No one knows that Madrid is the capital of Spain.").
answered 18 mins ago
MacAMacA
1096
New contributor
MacA is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
How linguistically savvy is this superpower? How linguistically savvy is Bob?
I'm assuming here that Bob wants to communicate the truth and wants to be trusted. I'm also going to be treating the superpower as an antagonist to this goal.
If the superpower can recognize the intent of his statements and will change the truth of the part he intends to communicate, he's kind of stuck (although maria_c's answer is a good one for getting as close as possible to the truth).
If, however, the superpower only analyzes his statements in terms of syntax and semantics, Bob can work around the limitation in various ways.
First, he can use questions instead of statements. While declarative sentences have a truth value (as long as they aren't paradoxes), interrogative sentences do not. So if he wanted to tell you that Madrid is the capital of Spain, he could ask you "Did you know that Madrid is the capital of Spain?"
Second, he could always tell you what he wants you to know in a content clause. This will still involve a declarative sentence, but by selecting the main clause carefully he can make a sentence that is false (and therefore exempt from the power) with a true content clause ("No one knows that Madrid is the capital of Spain.").
answered 18 mins ago
MacAMacA
1096
New contributor
MacA is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
$endgroup$
How linguistically savvy is this superpower? How linguistically savvy is Bob?
I'm assuming here that Bob wants to communicate the truth and wants to be trusted. I'm also going to be treating the superpower as an antagonist to this goal.
If the superpower can recognize the intent of his statements and will change the truth of the part he intends to communicate, he's kind of stuck (although maria_c's answer is a good one for getting as close as possible to the truth).
If, however, the superpower only analyzes his statements in terms of syntax and semantics, Bob can work around the limitation in various ways.
First, he can use questions instead of statements. While declarative sentences have a truth value (as long as they aren't paradoxes), interrogative sentences do not. So if he wanted to tell you that Madrid is the capital of Spain, he could ask you "Did you know that Madrid is the capital of Spain?"
Second, he could always tell you what he wants you to know in a content clause. This will still involve a declarative sentence, but by selecting the main clause carefully he can make a sentence that is false (and therefore exempt from the power) with a true content clause ("No one knows that Madrid is the capital of Spain.").
answered 18 mins ago
MacAMacA
1096
New contributor
MacA is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
answered 18 mins ago
MacAMacA
1096
New contributor
MacA is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
answered 18 mins ago
MacAMacA
1096
answered 18 mins ago
MacAMacA
1096
1096
New contributor
MacA is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
New contributor
MacA is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
MacA is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
add a comment |
Thanks for contributing an answer to Worldbuilding Stack Exchange!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
Use MathJax to format equations. MathJax reference.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fworldbuilding.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f142465%2feverything-bob-says-is-false-how-does-he-get-people-to-trust-him%23new-answer', 'question_page');
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
$begingroup$
"The jury will decide that $BADGUY is innocent"
$endgroup$
– user535733
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Simply warp the universe: "I know you're looking for a nice guy who always tells you the truth" or "You will be happier with him" or "I know how much truthfulness matters to you"
$endgroup$
– user535733
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Speaking hypothetically, if Bob belonged to one of those churches where people give speeches about their faith and talked to the congregation about God being real and his faith in Jesus and the truth of the Holy Bible, what would happen? What about political movements? Or things like flat-earthers or anti-vax. Racism? This might be a really cool and powerful ability?
$endgroup$
– Ville Niemi
59 mins ago
1
$begingroup$
This Bob better stay "Silent Bob", because saying trivial things like "Good day" would have unintended consequences.
$endgroup$
– Alexander
40 mins ago
1
$begingroup$
My paycheck will be less than one million dollars next week.
$endgroup$
– Dylan
28 mins ago