Lots of people play guitar, ‘a guitarist’ implies a certain level of skill
"A guitarist who's also an astronaut" sounds more impressive than "An astronaut who plays the guitar", despite both meaning the same thing.
Submitted 3 days ago by Snowwomen@discuss.tchncs.de to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Revan343@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Saleh@feddit.org 3 days ago
The first attribute in the list sets the framing.
Another example is:
Jeff is lazy, intelligent and charming.
Marc is charming intelligent and lazy.Your brain most likely will have a more positive impression of Marc than of Jeff, despite both being described with the exact same attributes.
Or what about this one:
Pay 20 dollars. Then you get to flip a coin. If it lands on heads you gain 100 dollars. If it lands on tails you get nothing.
You get to flip a coin. If it lands on heads you gain 80 dollars. If it lands on tails you have to pay 20 dollars.People will generally consider the first one to be better, because they could “win” more in the second step and “loose” nothing. The second one will probably be more averted because loosing could be “punished”.
If you think slow about it and run the math, both set ups have the same probabilities with the same earnings or losses.I highly recommend the book “thinking fast, thinking slow” that deals a lot with these biases.
AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Thank you for the book recommendation. I have added it to my reading list.
Saleh@feddit.org 2 days ago
That is the correct title. Thank you.
reptar@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I was so confused about the coin flipping thing until I realized I was skipping “pay 20 dollars” as the start of the first scenario.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It actually doesn’t mean the same thing.
Dozzi92@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yeah, but also 2 would never be true. Nobody is a primary guitarist and hobbyist astronaut. Astronaut is always someone’s primary, and the rest is an afterthought. At least “real” astronauts, not space tourists.
58008@lemmy.world 2 days ago
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The president of the United States is a rapist
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A rapist is president of the United States
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 days ago
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Yeah probably.
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Holy shit, they elected a known rapist?
I think that’s why the statements feel different.
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lordnikon@lemmy.world 3 days ago
leave Brian May alone 😋
bladerunnerspider@lemmy.world 3 days ago
An astronaut who’s also a guitarist. Active. A guitarist who rides in spaceships. Passive.
Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
denotation vs connotation
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Not to me.
Katy Perry is ostensibly an “astronaut”. Not a pilot, not someone who trained for years to lead science experiments in space, just a guitarist who’s also an astronaut.
remon@ani.social 2 days ago
Astronauts are trained professionals, she was a passenger.
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
That’s what I say
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Don’t have an opinion on that, or rather I can go bot h ways. Astronaut literally means space traveler. 🤷🏻
darkpanda@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Chris Hadfield has entered the chat.
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
I think astronaut has a higher skill floor than guitarist. I don’t mentally separate astronauts into categories like amateur/average/talented/expert, it’s just assumed that any astronaut is an expert. Leading with describing someone as a guitarist before you mention they’re an astronaut too implies that they’re also an expert guitarist.
So basically it’s the difference between:
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An expert guitarist who’s also an expert astronaut
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An expert astronaut who’s also an amateur guitar player.
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davidgro@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Some people call them Maurice.
DemBoSain@midwest.social 2 days ago
Is this a Buckaroo Banzai post? I feel like this is a Buckaroo Banzai post.
ook@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
It’s because being an astronaut is an actual job you commit to or you won’t get to do your job. Guitarist can mean anything from picking up the guitar once a month to being lead guitarist in the best band of the world.
One is a job description, the other one can be just a hobby or a full blown job.
somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
One avenue pays bills at all levels, one you have to be truly good at to make anything. Reason I went back into science instead of music.
TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I once paid a bar tab with my guitar skills. Does that count?
Mac@mander.xyz 2 days ago
That’s because astronaut elevates guitarist whereas guitarist doesnt elevate astronaut.
FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 3 days ago
If either one says anyways here’s wonderwall and launches into the song I’ll be ready to shoot them into the sun.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Anyway, here’s Wagon Wheel.
makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I think it’s typically because you lead with the thing people would know them for, or the thing that person is more known for in general. So because there’s so few astronauts, it’s pretty fucking impressive that you think I’m more likely to know their guitar work than their space career
Uli@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
Do any of you like to go to the ISS in your free time? Just me? I’m never going to find someone who shares my hobbies.