dogs similarly default into playful behavior when they don't understand what you're trying to communicate. playing around is preferred to the anxious state of mutual failure of not "knowing".https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1349800043629318144 …
the former trap is to mistake noise for signal. the latter trap is to remove the distinction between signal and noise.
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though in theory, all noise is some kind of signal. noise becomes signal only when filtered through the lens of a hierarchy of value. every hierarchy of value is thus a procrustean bed in some sense.
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"signal" then has an element of "seriousness" while "noise" has an element of "play". (they are synonymous with order/chaos)
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note that "balance" doesn't mean 50/50. it's situation dependent, especially at the level of the individual. also, in most cases hoomans don't actually want *that* much chaos just as steel doesn't actually want *that* much carbon.https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1358910457256439808?s=20 …
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