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Treating this like a game where we need to find a way to abuse the rules, and not a serious thought experiment:
Like say I made sure Seth McFarlane didn't accidentally miss his flight back in 2001. Would that count?
What constitutes 'harm'? Would making someone infertile count? What about magicking away all of their assets? What about giving them a revelatory vision (or maybe a sequence of carefully manipulated events) which overthrows their entire system of belief?
Why not bring upon a woeful mental illness on your enemies that leaves them completely unable to function (and put them all in some barren location together while we're at it)? Whether or not they live another 100 years is a triviality when you can offset whatever drain in resources they cause.
How indirect of a kill can the actions be before they're allowed, given the whole butterfly effect situation? Can I magic someone's car keys away so they find themselves walking to work instead, except if they do so they happen to be killed in a traffic accident? If I can see into all possible futures someone has, then I can guide them towards a swift death through indirect means.that you're not allowed to kill anyone--so no nuking or Thanos-snapping,
Like say I made sure Seth McFarlane didn't accidentally miss his flight back in 2001. Would that count?
Can you banish someone to a desert? What about to Africa? What about to Detroit? What about into a coffin underground? What about into a building that's about to be demolished?nor can you banish anyone to another dimension.
One hundred years from when I last harmed them, or one hundred years total? If it's the former, then I can keep all loved ones alive as long as they desire by inflicting some trivial harm to them every few decades or so. If the latter, then if an enemy target is older, the extra decade or two of lifespan is of no significant consequence when they're able to be endlessly fucked with.In fact, anyone who is harmed--directly or indirectly--by your actions is now guaranteed to live precisely one hundred years.
What constitutes 'harm'? Would making someone infertile count? What about magicking away all of their assets? What about giving them a revelatory vision (or maybe a sequence of carefully manipulated events) which overthrows their entire system of belief?
Why not bring upon a woeful mental illness on your enemies that leaves them completely unable to function (and put them all in some barren location together while we're at it)? Whether or not they live another 100 years is a triviality when you can offset whatever drain in resources they cause.