Q: Is placebo a bug or a human ability? A:

  • I see, I thought that was like asking if Super Mario’s infinite growth was a bug or ability.

  • The system first assumes that a certain behavior is “ideal”.

  • Called a “(computer) bug” when actual behavior deviates from the ideal.

  • This means that “a bug is subjective” because it depends on what you consider to be ideal.

  • If the ideal is not assumed in advance, then “the system behaves this way?” comes first, and then “then I can produce a favorable result if I do this”. This is a useful hack.

  • People seem to be bitter about hacks against the social system. Like, “It’s a cheat to exploit a bug in society!” Like that.

  • Even if the specifications are not ideal, they may be maintained by someone who finds it convenient to keep them.

relevance - human bug


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