The Art of the Conspiracy Theory - new Ribbonfarm by mehttp://www.ribbonfarm.com/2016/10/06/the-art-of-the-conspiracy-theory/ …
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
"predictive programming" - turn around the causality arrow and you get something that works
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Replying to @allgebrah @sarahdoingthing
is there a word for humanity's tendency to make even the unanimated world mirror its narratives and myths?
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Replying to @allgebrah @sarahdoingthing
I mean yes, there's meme magic + hyperstition, but I don't have terminology to describe the slower large-scale movements
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
hm this doesn't capture the causal component though - a decision familiarized through narrative is one easier made
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Replying to @allgebrah @sarahdoingthing
while, yes, you can read it as having causal power, as far as connotations go, apophenia is very image-only
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Replying to @allgebrah @sarahdoingthing
I really like the "herbivore trail" metaphor; maybe I'd call it a pen groove, a line that subtly guides the pen once drawn
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Replying to @allgebrah @sarahdoingthing
you know, when you're redrawing a line and there's the slightest force on the tip from the groove earlier strokes made
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ah kind of like https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigmergy
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
stigmergy is maybe too general, stigmergy is what happens in wang tiles and L-systems
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Replying to @allgebrah @sarahdoingthing
I'm specifically trying to get at the map's causal influence over the territory
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