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just thinking out loud (7/3^^^3)

so a solomonoff prior would probably require you to expect infinite tweets in this thread? (6/3^^^3)

like maybe you're in a world where this thread is fundamental (much less than log(3^^^3) bits to specify such a thing, I bet) and there's just a parameter fed into the turing machine that's how many tweets with just the word "oboe" it's padded out with (5/3^^^3)

do you assign less than 1/3^^^3 probability to it being 3^^^3 tweets long? how can you justify such a thing, with your merely human levels of information? (4/3^^^3)

but what if I keep going?

because like it's almost certainly only going to be a few tweets long

pascal's wager type thing: how long do you expect this twitter thread to be?

AU where Sauron gets the ring and conquers middle earth so the valar call in an orbital asteroid strike on mordor, obliterating it

Suppose there is a country where there is a criminal racket we call health insurance, and also it is not possible to have free anonymous gay sex on demand. A politician has the time and votes to pass legislation that fully solves one of these issues - which should they?

eagles didn’t carry the ring into mt doom because like Sauron is just one guy, maybe this is just another iluvatar thing weaving discord into the themes of creation, like sure there’s a magic ring that gives him power but like he doesn’t have it I don’t understand the issue

for workers otoh it’s less obvious because maybe it’s their best option like sweatshops. but some ppl who used to be in restaurants report being surprised that other places have sick leave and lunch breaks so it’s maybe possible? who knows

for customers it’s an easy decision. workers don’t get sick leave. you want contaminated plague food? you want disgusting disease ridden restaurant slop? who knows what germs are breeding in that kitchen, soon to be breeding in your body. ew

don’t go to restaurants as an employee or customer I have learned

deciding whether to call your new variable color (to match all the libraries) or colour (for the principle of the thing)