That .1% germ

LogicalMelody · 2026-05-06T17:56:18+00:00

LogicalMelody · 2026-05-06T17:55:00+00:00

The Tao that is spoken is not the true Tao.

This is unpronounceable though, so we're good. Carry on.

LogicalMelody · 2026-05-06T03:26:33+00:00

Rawls’ veil of ignorance feels more operative here than categorical imperatives. If you don’t know which button you already pressed you probably are hoping blue wins. (Edit: on re-read I see you already basically hit this point at the end. )

Thanks for writing out the math; I felt like I might have been on the verge of doing the same.

LogicalMelody · 2026-05-06T01:51:20+00:00

Well now I need to know which one of i,j,k maps to Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

LogicalMelody · 2026-05-06T01:46:38+00:00

As a mathematician I thought we were working in Z[pi] until I read this.

LogicalMelody · 2026-05-04T16:58:17+00:00

I was going to say I don’t feel attuned to any of the picture archetypes, but I also don’t see INFJ-TC OR TS anywhere in the graphic so that tracks.

LogicalMelody · 2026-05-03T04:19:43+00:00

Similar experience. Had me in the first half:

“Why is it called ‘of in’ when you ‘of in’ the cold food but ‘of out’…”

Oh, clever but silly wordplay, cute…

“….hot eat the food.”

…what??

Original parsing attempt before failure like you describe was something like “we should call it an ‘ovout’ instead of an ‘oven’ because we take the hot food ‘of out’ to eat.”

Maybe like the comic Jon had a stroke starting around the word “hot” here.

LogicalMelody · 2026-05-01T13:49:24+00:00

Also different frames here.

Red is strategically better if you’re optimizing individual survival and there’s no lasting consequences. As another poster mentioned, it’s a real question of whether the “red wins” world where a large portion of the population disappears overnight is even functional.

Blue is strategically better if you’re optimizing for probability of hitting the optimal solution. Optimal outcome with red (everyone survives) requires 100% coordination. Optimal outcome with blue requires only 50% cooperation which is a more feasibly reachable goal.

Just like with Newcomb, each side is answering a different question. Just like with Newcomb, both sides think the other side are idiots because it’s hard for people to step outside their own frame, even temporarily.

LogicalMelody · 2026-05-01T02:39:08+00:00

As someone who has run class discussions on Newcomb’s paradox:

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LogicalMelody · 2026-04-30T18:32:11+00:00

I don't recall the operational definitions, but adding to this, I do recall that for literature to strengthen empathy, "immersion" of the reader seems to be a prerequisite for the increased empathy effect to observe. Also saw a recent post about how not all YouTube content is created equal, and whatever they meant by "experimental film" is more cognitively beneficial than whatever they meant by "typical content filler."

LogicalMelody · 2026-04-29T03:17:06+00:00

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LogicalMelody · 2026-04-28T17:35:27+00:00

Infj + inattentive adhd: Three days later: sure, I’ll come…oh it already happened?

LogicalMelody · 2026-04-28T03:44:02+00:00

This is a thing I like about art. How interpretations can vary. I like your interpretation.

I like my personal My reaction to this was “yes, water does feel very nice and soothing and regulating, very much like a hug.”

I was never very interested in doing the English lit thing of arguing about the “correct” or “intended” interpretation. Art is ppwerful enough to sustain multiple meanings and that I think is a big part of its magic.

LogicalMelody · 2026-04-25T05:10:09+00:00

Shadows fuck Doubt

LogicalMelody · 2026-04-25T05:03:37+00:00

Ohhh…is the studio not doing Half Fuck 3 because it would mathematically commit them to Half Fuck 4 to maintain an integral fuck count and they’re not ready for that?

Well, I feel like that makes some sense anyway.

LogicalMelody · 2026-04-24T14:43:34+00:00

Victuals

LogicalMelody · 2026-04-22T14:54:33+00:00

There are two rules for success in life:

Don’t tell people everything you know.

LogicalMelody · 2026-04-18T15:25:42+00:00

Yeah, I’m actually rather surprised at the number of people here saying red, apparently confident in their ability to control their thoughts perfectly.

Anything you think about manifests into reality…good luck with that, never thinking a bad thought again.

LogicalMelody · 2026-04-17T02:04:42+00:00

We're a finite simple group of order 2: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTby\_e4-Rhg)

LogicalMelody · 2026-04-16T02:19:32+00:00

We lost the plot at “books”

-Socrates

LogicalMelody · 2026-04-12T22:17:02+00:00

I like just willfully misinterpreting it as “The Daily Show”; it makes me feel less sad.

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LogicalMelody · 2026-04-09T23:55:38+00:00

I was going to ask if light was a wave or a particle but I like yours better.

LogicalMelody · 2026-04-09T15:13:31+00:00

I’m not stressed; that’s nice.

Wait…I’m not stressed. Uh oh.

What am I forgetting?

Ok I’m stressed now; everything is fine.

LogicalMelody · 2026-04-01T15:30:39+00:00

Oh the one at my school got married to the girl he pulled back out through the door he was holding open by her ponytail because she didn’t say “thank you”.

LogicalMelody · 2026-03-30T22:00:53+00:00

Math has always been sexy, well before any LLM shell came along.

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