From a standpoint of the psychology of language, when you ask “What do you do”, you’re asking me to envision a plausible scenario—basically to play a movie in my head. If I can visualize myself two-boxing and somehow defying Omega’s prediction, my brain will want to give that answer.
When you ask “What do you do”, you’re talking to the parts of my brain who consider all of 2BD, 2ZD, 1B and 1Z as relevant possibilities (because they have been introduced in the description of the “problem”).
If you formalize first then ask me to pick one of 2ZD or 1B, after pointing out that the other possibilities are eliminated by the Omega constraint, I’m more likely to give the correct answer.
Oh. Okay, yeah, I guess I wasn’t looking for an answer in terms of “What verbal response do you give to my post?” I was looking for an answer strictly in terms of possible scenarios.
Is there a better way to convey that than “What do you do?” Or am I still missing something? Or… ?
From a standpoint of the psychology of language, when you ask “What do you do”, you’re asking me to envision a plausible scenario—basically to play a movie in my head. If I can visualize myself two-boxing and somehow defying Omega’s prediction, my brain will want to give that answer.
When you ask “What do you do”, you’re talking to the parts of my brain who consider all of 2BD, 2ZD, 1B and 1Z as relevant possibilities (because they have been introduced in the description of the “problem”).
If you formalize first then ask me to pick one of 2ZD or 1B, after pointing out that the other possibilities are eliminated by the Omega constraint, I’m more likely to give the correct answer.
Oh. Okay, yeah, I guess I wasn’t looking for an answer in terms of “What verbal response do you give to my post?” I was looking for an answer strictly in terms of possible scenarios.
Is there a better way to convey that than “What do you do?” Or am I still missing something? Or… ?