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> Don't you think this reasoning is a bit black and white? > This is not a trick question, those are genuinely the only two outcomes I can think of. Only bein
by dijksterhuis 3y ago
> Don't you think this reasoning is a bit black and white?
> This is not a trick question, those are genuinely the only two outcomes I can think of.
Only being able to see the two extreme outcomes is pretty much the definition of black / white thinking.
What normally happens is somewhere in the middle.
> Can you see any other possible outcome from the vast majority of employment being made obsolete?
There are an infinite number of possible outcomes.
Probable outcomes are much smaller, but again there’s way more than two.
Life ain’t binary.
- malermeister 3y agoThis is a nice rant, but it doesn't really answer the question. I understand what black and white is and that those are two extremes. The task at hand, though, was to come up with a concrete scenario and you've failed at that.
- dijksterhuis 3y agoBack when I was in the depths of drug addiction, I was arrogant enough to believe I could think of enough permutations of possible outcomes given input variables etc. But I was always wrong. I couldn’t predict the future — and neither can you. None of us can. > The task at hand, though, was to come up with a concrete scenario and you've failed at that. Nah. The task I assigned myself (I don’t work for you) was to highlight the error in your logical reasoning. Truth and reality is a lot more analogue. It’s never two options. Might be a good take home exercise for you to come up with a few boring and likely options that sit somewhere in the middle of dystopia and utopia. But you don’t have to.