Comment on Cause-effect was always a broken narrative. Twice-broken when you attach a pricetag.
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Causality, like entropy, is an emergent property that’s hard to pin down formally, but is a critical element of any narrative. I’m with you that far, but how do price tags and double breakage figure in?
rainrain@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Given a number of equally plausible narratives we will choose the one in which we profit the most. And argue for it. That’s the second breakage.
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I think we’ll choose the narrative most consistent with our existing worldview, even if it hurts our own interests.
rainrain@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Sometimes your worldview will offer several equally plausible narratives. With no clear “truth”.
Sometimes the temptation to squint is powerful. A paycheck can do that.
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I don’t think we’re usually conscious of the availability of multiple narratives to the point that we can mentally simulate each one and compare their potential utility.
The choices we consciously make are the ones that arise inside of narratives, not between narratives themselves.