Humans Are Prediction-Making Machines
RECORD
Name: Prediction
Classification: Theory
Stage: Test
ECO
Good predictions are made by taking past experiences, and formulating accurate beliefs about the outcome of future behaviors.
All good science attempts to make predictions about the future, based upon the theory. This scientist is no different.
I need a text editor able to freeze Theory 0 in-place, then allow for adding words to the right or left in the second example. I need this to function without breaking the format of the first theory, and maintaining the same format in all following theories. I need Theory 0 to be completely unchanging in future theories.
We do this to create immutable chains between theories. Similar to Docker images, compression, etc. When rendered, this text could be fashioned into images (ASCII art and whatnot). At a grander scale, one could use something like Adobe Layer to construct fake images from basic building blocks.
A Theory of Radical Notions (Theory 0)
by David Lejeune, The Bayou Review - Spring 2003
radical notions
are a major source of amusement
for those of us
that have them
it isn't always necessary
to act them out
or take them too seriously
in fact that might ruin everything
take all the fun out of it's
it's easy to tell
which ones have their own seriousness
their full effect is always there
there's an awe a majesty
when certain ones arrive
and you know your life
will never be the same
with all the playful ones
dancing and farting
and cutting their own throats
and telling jokes
about the nature of the universe
all well and good
for a wonderful existence
but these other ones arrive
these perfectly radical notions
you might have seen them
now and then from a distance
but when they turn up for good
in your life to stay
no use pretending
you might as well
just say hello
they're not going anywhere
until you understand completely
and they're full of wisdom
A Theory of Everything (Theory 1)
radical notions like time travel
are a major source of amusement
for those of us riftwalkers and
fakes that have them in our pocket
it isn't always necessary
to act them out in public
or take them too seriously in private
in fact that might ruin everything
take all the fun out of it's discovery
and destruction it's easy to tell
which ones have their own seriousness
their full effect is always there
there's an awe a majesty in truth
when certain ones arrive too late
hoping to save and you know your life
on earth will never be the same again
fighting with all the playful ones
meme dancing and farting cows
and cutting their own throats
and telling jokes to no one
about the nature of the universe
to some it's all well and good and
designed for a wonderful existence
in heaven but these other ones arrive
dolls with these perfectly radical notions
perhaps today you might have seen them
perhaps now and then from a distance
in a dream but when they turn up for good
immutable in your life to stay
there is no use pretending you're sane
we verify you might as well trust your
colleagues just say hello my friend
you know they're not going anywhere soon
not until you understand completely how it works
and everyone is full of wisdom
PREDICTION
The Raven will create Theory 2, and/or a different Theory 1.