You might, for instance, use this moment as an opportunity to signal that you aren’t a troll or indicate why you shouldn’t be banned, as I fear this fate awaits you if you continue on your present course.
That, of course, depends on your reason—but it could be that you will receive information on how better to achieve your goals, indication that they are impossible or prohibitively costly to accomplish (thus saving you time and effort), the good will of those interacting with you, confirmation that you are acting effectively....
Your goals may conflict with this, however. For instance, if they are to reap discord and vitriol, or to test the community, or end civilization, or to hide your goals, or bring low the proud, or find a worthy sparring partner, you may not benefit from such transparency.
Probability measure is spread pretty thin in these parts.
Awesome. This needs to be one of the first lines a protagonist hears after entering a cantina in a science fiction Space Opera...maybe rationalist fanfiction like HPATMOR.
How will I benefit from telling you?
You might, for instance, use this moment as an opportunity to signal that you aren’t a troll or indicate why you shouldn’t be banned, as I fear this fate awaits you if you continue on your present course.
By explaining your reasons for posting to this site you may get feedback suggesting how to better use this site to achieve your goals.
That, of course, depends on your reason—but it could be that you will receive information on how better to achieve your goals, indication that they are impossible or prohibitively costly to accomplish (thus saving you time and effort), the good will of those interacting with you, confirmation that you are acting effectively....
Your goals may conflict with this, however. For instance, if they are to reap discord and vitriol, or to test the community, or end civilization, or to hide your goals, or bring low the proud, or find a worthy sparring partner, you may not benefit from such transparency.
Have a care. Remember absence of evidence is only weak evidence of absence, and that, as you have mentioned, there are many possible explanations.
Probability measure is spread pretty thin in these parts.
Not always. If someone has no symptoms, the probability that they have, say, pneumonia drops considerably.
Awesome. This needs to be one of the first lines a protagonist hears after entering a cantina in a science fiction Space Opera...maybe rationalist fanfiction like HPATMOR.