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For questions that have to do with magic, as opposed to science/technology. Remember to explain any limits.

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Why must all magic teachers master the basics of forbidden dark magic?

Magic is analogous to a computer system, and each spell is a program. Beginners know only how to use spells made by others, and beginner-level spells have a myriad of safeguards built in. … What the general public describes as "forbidden dark magic" are merely spells with no safeguards built in. …
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What could be a reason why a more developed civilization isn't helping a less developed one ...

Perhaps the villagers are intentionally excluded, in order to see what technology they will invent. If the higher beings give tech to the villagers, then the villagers will progress along the same pa …
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Why would a decision making machine decide to destroy itself?

Because there is value in free will, and value in uncertainty. The machine, complicated as it is, is clearly an automaton. Any person who follows the machine's advice perfectly, is also an automaton …
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Why would a decision making machine decide to destroy itself?

Because you yourself are part of the simulation. In order to maximize happiness, it must simulate the result of each possible output that it can produce. One of those possible outputs is the command …
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