From my perspective, your thinking often appears to stop two steps before the actual summit, and then take off in a different direction. That does not mean that this is objectively true, but perhaps that I measure the height of the reward landscape differently.
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It is empirically accurate, modulo a sort of optical illusion that doesn’t matter, and a bit of projection, which is 10x better than most people ever understand anyone. You’d be able to predict my actions pretty well with that model. Probably only need a small shell script 😆
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Oh, no! That was not an understanding of how you operate, only a characterization of the observation, which results from projecting your actions on my own surface. I don't yet see WHY you seem to stop and deviate, for which I possibly need a meta-perspective.
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I’m flattered and amused that anyone cares to deconstruct my thinking at all. That kind of attention is generally reserved for the Trumps, Petersons and Einsteins.
Now if I could get a dozen more people trying to figure out my 8d chess, things could get very interesting 🤔
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The reason for the lack of interest of the crowds in your mortal toil is that you don't do very interesting things. In your attempts at relevance you seem to limit yourself to what's permissible. Trump and Peterson operate outside of what's permitted (which makes success harder).
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So the actual mystery here is why you’re trying to figure me out at all. There’s really not much to figure out, so my theory is it bothers you to see unexplained divergence. It doesn’t bother me because I think divergence is the default and convergence is what needs explaining
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Ah, ok. I did not realize that this is not obvious. I am interested in understanding specific divergence because I need to account for my own divergence. (I don't think you are not correct in assuming that convergence is not the default. Convergence is heavily selected for.)
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Btw, this thread had two distinct moments where I felt you were stopping two steps of inference short of the actual insight. What puzzles me is not that you don't think deeply, but that you don't seem to be attracted to that particular dimension of depth. Why dive then at all?
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1. My description of your behavior did not contain its explanation and thus no understanding, even if it would have predictive value, and 2. divergence and convergence are not just there and need to be approved or not but are dynamics that exist for reasons we have to understand.
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For instance, it is irrelevant in my mode of thinking that you think of yourself as a "divergentist". I am interested in the priors to that preference, because it is not terminal and may thus change. Your own response to that insinuates roughly that "divergence is natural".

