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[Neonivek]

If given the chance, the first thing I'd do is wish for 1% of the world's total money as of 11:59:59 a.m., 19th of December of the year 2014 AD.

Doesn't work that way. Try again.

Yep, I am the only one who found a way to get 1% of the world's money. Through stipulation!

Just decrease the world's money, excluding yourself, by 1% and you will gain 1% of the world's money!

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

Decrease entropy by 1%.

Seriously is this thread secretly the doom the universe thread?
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Joke answer- increase the amount of hydrogen in the sun by 1%


Real answer- increase amount of world total food production per farm by one percent
That would add quite a bit of food into the basket right?

[Bohandas]

Can this power be "aimed"

That is to say, could I (for example) remove the richest 1% of the population?

[Neonivek]

Decrease entropy by 1%.

Seriously is this thread secretly the doom the universe thread?
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Joke answer- increase the amount of hydrogen in the sun by 1%


Real answer- increase amount of world total food production per farm by one percent
That would add quite a bit of food into the basket right?

You are aware we make enough food RIGHT NOW to feed the world right?

[Bohandas]

Increase the efficiency of solar cells!

Decrease all profit margins!

[WillowLuman]

Decrease entropy by 1%.

Seriously is this thread secretly the doom the universe thread?
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Joke answer- increase the amount of hydrogen in the sun by 1%


Real answer- increase amount of world total food production per farm by one percent
That would add quite a bit of food into the basket right?

You are aware we make enough food RIGHT NOW to feed the world right?

It's true, based on simple calorie calculations at least. It's a problem of distribution.

[WillowLuman]

Decreasing the energy requirements of the human body by 1% might help fight starvation, though it would make things worse for those who overeat as the portions they consume would then be providing even more excess energy.

[Bohandas]

Decrease entropy by 1%.

Seriously is this thread secretly the doom the universe thread?
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Joke answer- increase the amount of hydrogen in the sun by 1%


Real answer- increase amount of world total food production per farm by one percent
That would add quite a bit of food into the basket right?

You are aware we make enough food RIGHT NOW to feed the world right?

Decrease food prices!
Decrease poverty!
Increase chance of Monsanto execs dying in freak accidents!

[Bohandas]

Oh, and I'd also decrease the duration for which intellectual property remains valid. I'd probably keep doing this for at least two weeks.

[Neonivek]

Decrease food prices!

You are aware this would cause a famine right?

[Bohandas]

Decrease food prices!

You are aware this would cause a famine right?

This suggestion was predicated on your claim that there was more than enough to go around (with the accompanying implication that what starvation there is arises from poverty). Decrease the price and the surplus actually gets eaten by the people who need it but couldn't previously afford it.

[Bohandas]

I'd decrease the lifespans of everybody involved with the MPAA and/or RIAA

And increase the lifespans of everybody who isn't either a stockholder in a major corporation, an objectivist, a religious fundamentalist, or a personal injury lawyer.

... what's wrong with personal injury lawyers? They sue insurance companies that refuse to pay their clients because they put their profits above fulfilling their obligations or human suffering. They don't make money unless their client gets what they're owed + enough to pay them.

Just to look at one aspect of what's wrong with them:

They're the reason why there aren't any diving boards, trampolines, or fun playground equipment anymore (which, in addition to being bad in and of itself, also contributes to the incidence of childhood obesity and is therefore the cause of widespread misery on several d9fferent levels),

...and that's just in the area of childhood recreation. There are similar issues in many other areas of life.

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The third one in the series is less relevant.

[WillowLuman]

Decrease food prices!

You are aware this would cause a famine right?

This suggestion was predicated on your claim that there was more than enough to go around (with the accompanying implication that what starvation there is arises from poverty). Decrease the price and the surplus actually gets eaten by the people who need it but couldn't previously afford it.

In most places where there is famine, it's not so much that people cannot afford food, it's that there simply isn't much (or any) food around.

[Bohandas]

Decrease food prices!

You are aware this would cause a famine right?

This suggestion was predicated on your claim that there was more than enough to go around (with the accompanying implication that what starvation there is arises from poverty). Decrease the price and the surplus actually gets eaten by the people who need it but couldn't previously afford it.

In most places where there is famine, it's not so much that people cannot afford food, it's that there simply isn't much (or any) food around.

Which side of the debate are you arguing for? I can't tell.