Sometimes people use words like “bizarre”, “incredible”, “unbelievable”, “unexpected”, “strange”, “anomalous”, or “weird” to mean “counterintuitive”. Is that really all that different from noticing that you’re confused but not yet deciding whether your model is at fault or your perception of the new information is? When you hear about something that seems like it’s at odds with everything you’ve ever observed, saying that it’s “unexpected” at the very least is truthful, isn’t it? Whether or not you intend to investigate further and integrate it (or not) into your map is another matter.
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It’s about time someone made an antidote to TV Tropes.
Something else that humans generally value is autonomy. Why not just make an optional colony of superhappiness?