tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577854004423770643.post7744533715932430073..comments2024-02-05T03:41:39.101-05:00Comments on Agenty Duck: I notice I'm confused about noticing that I'm confused.Briennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17354968365123237971noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577854004423770643.post-14386173986866305372018-12-16T22:53:26.092-05:002018-12-16T22:53:26.092-05:00I don't understand your reply to BrLe - the ph...I don't understand your reply to BrLe - the photographer's commentary on their Flickr page confirms their theory.Paul Crowleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07678457525255135699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577854004423770643.post-7587787555485355862015-03-26T18:24:36.915-04:002015-03-26T18:24:36.915-04:00How does the "generate alternative hypotheses...How does the "generate alternative hypotheses" step work? I don't know how to generate alternative hypotheses that might explain a confusing thing other than by looking really hard at the confusing thing, hoping for hints that will cause another hypothesis to come to mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577854004423770643.post-73478426790385051562014-10-27T01:47:24.326-04:002014-10-27T01:47:24.326-04:00Huh! I felt sure I'd hit on it when you said &...Huh! I felt sure I'd hit on it when you said "nygubhtu V qb frr n fgenatr guvat abj gung V xabj jung'f hc jvgu guvf cvpgher" orpnhfr V gubhtug V pbhyq frr gur yvar bs fhozrefvba. But my other guess then is n crefcrpgvir gevpx? Yvxr n sybngvat yrns arne gur pnzren.BrLenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577854004423770643.post-67003755996517660052014-10-25T20:51:38.646-04:002014-10-25T20:51:38.646-04:00BrLe, nope, you don't have the answer yet.BrLe, nope, you don't have the answer yet.Briennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17354968365123237971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577854004423770643.post-15760568455038839762014-10-24T23:47:31.698-04:002014-10-24T23:47:31.698-04:00Judged solely on the text before the picture I bel...Judged solely on the text before the picture I believed that [rot13] jr ner ybbxvat qbja n fybcr gbjneqf n ebpx cnegyl fhozretrq va jngre gung ersyrpgf gur fxl. My judgment has not changed having read the rest of the post. Whether this is because the essential content was well summarised at the beginning of the post or because I have become stuck in one interpretation I don't know.BrLenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577854004423770643.post-39492691240703342502014-09-18T18:01:13.874-04:002014-09-18T18:01:13.874-04:00EXTREMELY VAGUE SPOILERS ABOUT THE ROCK
So I star...EXTREMELY VAGUE SPOILERS ABOUT THE ROCK<br /><br />So I stared at the picture for a while, then went "OH, it isn't a rock at all! It's a paper bag! Hah, that's pretty cool actually."<br /><br />Then I Googled around to see if I was right. (I was not right.)<br /><br />... there's a lesson to be learned here, isn't there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577854004423770643.post-57578607819656072972014-09-12T08:27:30.377-04:002014-09-12T08:27:30.377-04:00Our assumptions: this object is a rock; this objec...Our assumptions: this object is a rock; this object that is is a rock is at a certain depth; this object that is a rock and at a certain depth is suspended in the air. Any ambiguity in these areas would shift how we perceive the image and allow us to come to a solution more compatible with how we view the world. For instance, what if it is not a rock? What if it is a bug?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577854004423770643.post-25270287934749584832014-09-11T16:39:43.605-04:002014-09-11T16:39:43.605-04:00I suspect Photoshop.I suspect Photoshop.Doug S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11918949543315280580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577854004423770643.post-29448734968931654732014-09-11T13:37:57.304-04:002014-09-11T13:37:57.304-04:00Does this mean you've changed your mind about ...Does this mean you've changed your mind about the ideas you endorsed a few days ago about rationality as "noticing"? If not, what has changed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com