gwern comments on What I Tell You Three Times Is True

gwern 26 Feb 2010 16:05 UTC
5 points

When Scott Adams says to himself “I will become a syndicated cartoonist” is that instead of saying “I will become a doctor and cure cancer” or instead of saying “Only fine artists can become cartoonists.”

I’m sorry—what?
- Luke_A_Somers 26 Oct 2011 2:11 UTC
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  Translation:
  
  Scenario 1: “I will become a syndicated cartoonist” replaces the thought “I will become a doctor and cure cancer”
  
  Scenario 2: “I will become a syndicated cartoonist” replaces the thought “Only fine artists can become cartoonists”
  
  Which of these is occurring?