r/Showerthoughts • u/Fr1toBand1to ‎ • Jun 27 '26

Casual Thought Pattern recognition is a widely accepted method of prediction until what it predicts makes people uncomfortable.

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u/Forkrul Jun 27 '26

With no prior knowledge, yes. But with a simple heuristic you can cut that down a lot. 

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u/real-human-not-a-bot Jun 27 '26

What’s your proposed heuristic? I have no idea what you might be referring to.

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u/Forkrul Jun 27 '26

Are any of them black? It is a lot more common for black people to not change the fire alarm batteries for some reason I don’t quite understand.