I-it vs I-you is the most basic dichotomy I’ve found in my years of dichotomy hunting to fuel 2x2s. HT @mtraven for introducing me to it.pic.twitter.com/e5eVehbSvJ
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Experimental science is the opposite of magic. Bizarre I-it details with no social narrative attached. Like a mentos and soda experiment. Bizarre and fun but not like a magic trick because there are no significant expectations being subverted.
Our null hypothesis for I-it things is ”nothing much” Our null hypothesis for I-you things is “change caused by living striving” Objects doing something rather than nothing is surprising in a science way People doing nothing rather than something is surprising in a magic way
Example of latter: a mark picking the card the conjurer wants, due to highly effective suggestion modes... that’s humans acting deterministically like objects
Try this dumb “magic” trick. Spell out a number of words ending in o-p while a friend pronounces them: c o p cop t o p top m o p mop After 6-7 such prompts, suddenly ask them: “what do you do at a green traffic light?” ~100% of people will say “stop”
Conditioning structure here is transparent but most tricks with more hidden mechanics seem to rely on similar object-like predictability of human attention trajectory. You work it like an I-it to get an I-thou payoff yourself (people being impressed at a cheap trick)
Check out when you canhttps://twitter.com/hels/status/1141043360507060225?s=19 …
Yeah I’ve read it. One of my favorites
I feel like David Lynch's entire film and television career makes great use of this concept
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