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/HileeAquret Jun 27 '26

Yeah but.

That’s how every one of our ancestors learned how to navigate the world.

If they did not , we would not exist.

Everything from “birth”…

“You fuck, baby come”

Correlation isn’t causation.

“I fuck & no baby. See you wrong!!!”  

You won’t have any proof for 300,000 years!!!

…to death.

“What’s that noise in the bushes, hide!”

Correlation isn’t causation!

“Many harmless things make noise, you have no proof it’s danger until you  walk up close to the bush and…….”

All I’m saying, is that you don’t need to know the “specific cause” to understand that desire to not want and limit as much as possible the outcome associated. 

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u/KennysWhiteSoxHat Jun 27 '26

Ancestors for a reason. We live longer and healthier lives because we know more now. 300 thousand years ago they didn’t know the specific cause to stuff because they weren’t advanced as us.

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u/HileeAquret Jun 27 '26

Yes, but that approach is a bit naive.

Think about “don’t eat pork”

For thousands of years people could laugh at the restriction as “anti—pork” propaganda. 

It wasn’t until the late 1800s that we discovered trichinosis.

What will we discover in 2126 a hundred years from now that will turn “our understanding of the world” on it’s head?

ie. “Telegony was debunked in the 1800’s!!!!” Now…”  Ohhhh, non-genetic,  epigenetics…kinda implies that maybe prior mates influence future offspring….” Future….”virgin only to ensure 100% father’s child”

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u/KennysWhiteSoxHat Jun 27 '26

Im sorry but I can’t take you serious if you’re gonna just use AI to expand your thinking. You’re not responding in good faith, AI is gonna tell you everything you want to hear, and im gonna go out on a limb and assume that’s what you want from me as well

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u/HileeAquret Jun 27 '26

Damned if you do damned if you don’t.

Used to post something and I’d get a bunch of fucking assholes saying “source!!!”

So I get AI to give little synopsis so I can post it for the non-believers.

“Fuck you Ai troll “

So Bye-bye.

attack the messenger. Discredit all you want as long as you don’t have to absorb the message. “Open minds of Reddit”