Unfortunate that the word "expect" has two different meanings: (1) Expect as "owe" — "The professor expected to receive an offer of tenure after receiving the highest reviews in the dept." (2) Expect as "anticipate" — "He expected rain the next day and had his umbrella ready."
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Replying to @sebastmarsh
im not sure these are actually separate things at all the first seems to be a special case of the second for example, the professor thought that getting high reviews usually lead to tenure offers the difference is maybe how Mad people are about wrong expectations
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Replying to @imhinesmi @sebastmarsh
though the specific examples used feel sorta the same to me, I totally see them as diff things. Think parent talking to teen "I expect you to be home by 11" more obvious this is a legal agreement.
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Replying to @natural_hazard @sebastmarsh
oh thats "expect" as a euphemism, rather than an actual definition though i think theres something here along the lines of perceptual control theory - aggressively predicting something out loud causing it to actually happen
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Replying to @imhinesmi @sebastmarsh
ooo, can totally see that happening. Like McJager shouting "Diet coke!" and one appearing in his hand. I wonder if powerful people get to the point where it doesn't even feel like giving orders, it just feels like speaking reality
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is this where the legends of gods speaking reality into existence come from
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