I only used “Cthulhu always swims left” because that is how army1987 termed it. Moldbug says “Cthulhu may swim slowly. But he only swims left.”
That formulation has the same problem. Like “always swims left”, “only swims left” suggests that every observed movement is leftwards.
Unless there is an implicit distinction between purposeful movement, analogous to swiming, and some drift due to chance.
I doubt most people who read the phrase “Cthulhu only swims left” would pick up on that unspoken distinction, though I could be wrong.
(I’ve corrected it now.)
I only used “Cthulhu always swims left” because that is how army1987 termed it. Moldbug says “Cthulhu may swim slowly. But he only swims left.”
That formulation has the same problem. Like “always swims left”, “only swims left” suggests that every observed movement is leftwards.
Unless there is an implicit distinction between purposeful movement, analogous to swiming, and some drift due to chance.
I doubt most people who read the phrase “Cthulhu only swims left” would pick up on that unspoken distinction, though I could be wrong.
(I’ve corrected it now.)