this theory doesn't make sense in my head yet

[Nigma]

Originally Posted by namix

word up, was just trying to throw another angle out there.

honestly my worldview is super simple, pretty much every field and mode of thought is just trying to explain the same shit from a different angle, and they all pretty much lead to the same place in the end if you keep asking "why" long enough.

I've been reading into causality a lot these last few years. It's literally a paradigm shifting realization tbh

[namix]

Originally Posted by Nigma

I've been reading into causality a lot these last few years. It's literally a paradigm shifting realization tbh

yea bro... i went off the deep end by pretty much everyone's standards, which is why most people which have a similar realization pendulum swing back and/or don't talk about it and/or go any further.


hey, at a minimum, that realization made me very effective at a job that requires predicting trends, tracking online buyer behavior, navigating everyone online to a conversion they believe they are making themselves, and predicting the trends all over again lol

[Nigma]

Originally Posted by namix

yea bro... i went off the deep end by pretty much everyone's standards, which is why most people which have a similar realization pendulum swing back and/or don't talk about it and/or go any further.


hey, at a minimum, that realization made me very effective at a job that requires predicting trends, tracking online buyer behavior, navigating everyone online to a conversion they believe they are making themselves, and predicting the trends all over again lol

Having an outdoor job and watching the formation of clouds has given me an excellent nose for weather prediction. It does have it's random and sporadic advantages, may as well try to enjoy them.

[namix]

Originally Posted by Nigma

Having an outdoor job and watching the formation of clouds has given me an excellent nose for weather prediction. It does have it's random and sporadic advantages, may as well try to enjoy them.

Definitely! What's "neat" about predictive modeling, is that it can start from and within any subject matter and speak in the unique language that individual needs to hear it in --- then as they come to understand it, they can truly see those same patterns in all things.

You have an outdoor job, i'm locked behind a computer screen or in boardrooms. You could see the patterns in the clouds and how it translates to weather --- vs. marketing trends translating to cost efficiency/buyer behavior.... always anomalies will always happen, to your point - but to the degree that even 'anomalies' can be trended.... sometimes people forget their are literally statistical measures to 'predict anomalies' anyway, it takes that to 'predict' anything more accurately!

And at some juncture, the patterns truly all relate. I wouldnt be surprised if there is some sort of correlation between weather patterns AND marketing trends and economies lol, it's all connected :)

good shit man

[Split]

Originally Posted by Nigma

I've been reading into causality a lot these last few years. It's literally a paradigm shifting realization tbh

what's that


also on the topic of looking for answers. if there's a box in front of me, I might think "what's in there" then open it. Inside is a smaller box. I might wonder about that box, then open it. Smaller box. open that. keeps going and going and going

eventually ive placed the question aside and have just begun opening boxes until there aren't anymore

But my question is still valid, though

[namix]

Originally Posted by Split

what's that


also on the topic of looking for answers. if there's a box in front of me, I might think "what's in there" then open it. Inside is a smaller box. I might wonder about that box, then open it. Smaller box. open that. keeps going and going and going

eventually ive placed the question aside and have just begun opening boxes until there aren't anymore

But my question is still valid, though

don't disagree at all man, still not sure where you think we were in disagreement.


how many smaller boxes would you need to see before believing they were infinite? and if you believed they were infinite, would you keep looking for them?

[Split]

Originally Posted by namix

don't disagree at all man, still not sure where you think we were in disagreement.


how many smaller boxes would you need to see before believing they were infinite? and if you believed they were infinite, would you keep looking for them?

it wouldn't matter once you've lost your sense of time


however human beings are intrinsically tied to the concept of time, and therefore science matters

[namix]

Originally Posted by Split

it wouldn't matter once you've lost your sense of time


however human beings are intrinsically tied to the concept of time, and therefore science matters

agreed once more my friend.

two great points there which are inter-related. it wouldnt matter once you lost your sense of time -- but it takes it mattering for a period of time for it to ultimately help us lose our sense of time.


and human beings are intrinsically tied to time -- indeed, time matters, and science matters... and we made both of them up ;)