Alright I got a good one for you all. So this thought experiment is part of a book or paper but no one knows what work its from. In addition, no one actually knows what the thought experiments is actually about. What's your thoughts?
>be human>make 10 snares>1 catches a rabbit>the concept of probabilities is self-evident>use a different kind of wood to make a snare>make 10 of these new snares>catch 2 rabbits>conclude that the new wood increases the probability even though the wood has similar properties to the last type used>you have now made an irrational connection between the wood and the increased probability of success, ie. luckthere, mystery solved, but something tells me r*dditors are still "debating" it and claiming this has profound implications on the human psyche, that everything is a subjective social construct including race and gender or whatever
>>18508910If the guy and his entire culture have never heard of the concept of luck I don't think there's any way he would come up with it while just looking at a rock unless he was schizophrenic or something.
>>18509092Someone did in our world though? lol someone came up with the concept at some point
>>18508910peak midwit nonsense
>>18509803Yeah but I'd imagine it was a result of engaging with random outcomes, like coincidentally you land multiple really unlikely spear throws while wearing a certain loin cloth, so that becomes your lucky loin cloth. Not just seeing a rock and thinking "I bet that's lucky" for no reason.
>>18508910That Reddit post is complete incoherent nonsense and not worth engaging with.
>>18511525that's what I said here>>18508920 , you just switched out the belief lucky wood enhances snares for a lucky loin cloth enhancing spear throws
