Dostoevsky saw it in 1864: show humans a prediction and they'll break it
billhilf · x · 2026-10-08
The author cites Dostoevsky's 1864 line that "twice two makes five is sometimes a very charming thing too" to argue that any intelligence trying to model humanity hits the same wall: people will deliberately defy predictions just to prove they can choose five.
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