Is there much to the idea of hyperstition not captured in "self-fulfilling prophecy"? @0xDEBA5E12
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@The_Lagrangian @0xDEBA5E12 depends on your usage? hyperstition is a richer term, but "self-fulfilling prophecy" is the salient part
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@The_Lagrangian @0xDEBA5E12 you often have multiple words for essentially the same concept that highlight different facets each
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@0xDEBA5E12 what would you say is the main distinction between them?
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@The_Lagrangian @0xDEBA5E12 I was trying to avoid making distinctions, they are not separate, only differently colored
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@The_Lagrangian @0xDEBA5E12 for example prophecy does not capture the relationship with superstition: hyperstition as realized superstition
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@The_Lagrangian @0xDEBA5E12 or: hyperstition as part of the convex hull of superstition x reality, arising from the interplay of the two
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