Between now and Christmas day nothing is my responsibility and my own stuff is sorted I'm just free to vibe 😅.
However I'm currently Buridan's donkey but instead of food it's my library of games.
I said warframe, 🙃 but let's just experience wilds from the top for abit.
However I'm currently Buridan's donkey but instead of food it's my library of games.
I said warframe, 🙃 but let's just experience wilds from the top for abit.
December 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Between now and Christmas day nothing is my responsibility and my own stuff is sorted I'm just free to vibe 😅.
However I'm currently Buridan's donkey but instead of food it's my library of games.
I said warframe, 🙃 but let's just experience wilds from the top for abit.
However I'm currently Buridan's donkey but instead of food it's my library of games.
I said warframe, 🙃 but let's just experience wilds from the top for abit.
Leslie Lamport is also the guy who wrote a paper titled Buridan’s Principle, which is clearly a paper that tries to break some kind of record for published academic works given the number of times the word “ass” occurs in it. He’s got a sense of humor and is certainly trolling us all with LaTeX.
explaining to @sarasoci.al how LaTeX is “lah-tech” and not “lay-tex” and she thinks i’m doing a bit until i go “no i’m totally serious the X isn’t an X it’s Chi” and she pauses for like 5 seconds and goes “i think i’m going to go jump off a bridge”
November 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Leslie Lamport is also the guy who wrote a paper titled Buridan’s Principle, which is clearly a paper that tries to break some kind of record for published academic works given the number of times the word “ass” occurs in it. He’s got a sense of humor and is certainly trolling us all with LaTeX.
Republicans thrive on "Buridan's Donkey Paradox" which posits that a hungry donkey placed halfway between two identical hay bales will be paralyzed (unable to choose between the two) and thus starve to death.
Marginally affordable healthcare or minimal food assistance are their current hay bales.
Marginally affordable healthcare or minimal food assistance are their current hay bales.
November 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Republicans thrive on "Buridan's Donkey Paradox" which posits that a hungry donkey placed halfway between two identical hay bales will be paralyzed (unable to choose between the two) and thus starve to death.
Marginally affordable healthcare or minimal food assistance are their current hay bales.
Marginally affordable healthcare or minimal food assistance are their current hay bales.
"Buridan's ass" is a free-will paradox about a hypothetical ass that's equally hungry and thirsty. It's placed between hay and water, and then dies, as it cannot make a decision between them.
(Philosopher Jean Buridan obviously didn't spend much time around asses.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan...
(Philosopher Jean Buridan obviously didn't spend much time around asses.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan...
Buridan's ass - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"Buridan's ass" is a free-will paradox about a hypothetical ass that's equally hungry and thirsty. It's placed between hay and water, and then dies, as it cannot make a decision between them.
(Philosopher Jean Buridan obviously didn't spend much time around asses.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan...
(Philosopher Jean Buridan obviously didn't spend much time around asses.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan...
I know full well that the marketing email invoking Buridan's ass is blatantly pandering to me (though its authors presumably don't know that I hear "Buridan's ass" in Michael Bratman's broad accent), but I do not mind at all
December 15, 2024 at 1:35 PM
I know full well that the marketing email invoking Buridan's ass is blatantly pandering to me (though its authors presumably don't know that I hear "Buridan's ass" in Michael Bratman's broad accent), but I do not mind at all
I understand it would be a good idea to first master my English.
But... I'm like Buridan's donkey between Spanish and French
But... I'm like Buridan's donkey between Spanish and French
September 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM
I understand it would be a good idea to first master my English.
But... I'm like Buridan's donkey between Spanish and French
But... I'm like Buridan's donkey between Spanish and French
One day, Skizzo stood unusually still in the middle of the garden. Both heads stretched in opposite directions, as if bracing for an invisible attack. In truth, I had placed food and water in different corners. Stuck between the two, Skizzo perfectly embodied the paradox of #Buridan’s donkey. #Doduo
April 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
One day, Skizzo stood unusually still in the middle of the garden. Both heads stretched in opposite directions, as if bracing for an invisible attack. In truth, I had placed food and water in different corners. Stuck between the two, Skizzo perfectly embodied the paradox of #Buridan’s donkey. #Doduo
Buridan's Sluggo
May 21, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Buridan's Sluggo
Decide and move forward! The wisdom of BURIDAN’S ASS! #leadership #growth #josephmichelli #customerexperience #keynotespeaker #decision #share #fyp
March 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Decide and move forward! The wisdom of BURIDAN’S ASS! #leadership #growth #josephmichelli #customerexperience #keynotespeaker #decision #share #fyp
Just learnt from Kurt Flasch, 𝘋𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘮 𝘔𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳, 4th ed. 2020, 549 (magnificent book, btw, for those who read German), that we find the idea of animal ratiocination even in Buridan's (1301- ~1360) 𝘋𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢-Commentary (RT via @anitaleirfall.bsky.social):
September 5, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Just learnt from Kurt Flasch, 𝘋𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘮 𝘔𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳, 4th ed. 2020, 549 (magnificent book, btw, for those who read German), that we find the idea of animal ratiocination even in Buridan's (1301- ~1360) 𝘋𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢-Commentary (RT via @anitaleirfall.bsky.social):
“[EEG experiment supports] the Buridan’s hypothesis and show[s] that the Liar sentence is processed by the human brain identically to false sentences, while the Truthteller sentence is perceived identically to true sentences.” #xPhi #neuroscience...
November 8, 2024 at 2:35 PM
“[EEG experiment supports] the Buridan’s hypothesis and show[s] that the Liar sentence is processed by the human brain identically to false sentences, while the Truthteller sentence is perceived identically to true sentences.” #xPhi #neuroscience...
Many of those often attacking Muslims for 'not respecting British values' are quiet about Muslim footballers refusing to wear rainbows. I imagine they feel like Buridan's donkey, only instead of a choice between two bales of hay, they can't decide which of their prejudices they wish to indulge.
December 5, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Many of those often attacking Muslims for 'not respecting British values' are quiet about Muslim footballers refusing to wear rainbows. I imagine they feel like Buridan's donkey, only instead of a choice between two bales of hay, they can't decide which of their prejudices they wish to indulge.
facts can come with feelings and declarations of objectivity in stating fact can be completely incorrect. feelings, biases, etc are a major part of human decision-making and you'd be paralyzed in the face of any choice - including choices to believe things or not - like buridan's ass without them
long maintained that the cultural ideas of "upsetting truths" and "facts over feelings" has tricked a lot of people into thinking: if it's upsetting, it's true, and if it's a feeling, it's not a fact
August 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
facts can come with feelings and declarations of objectivity in stating fact can be completely incorrect. feelings, biases, etc are a major part of human decision-making and you'd be paralyzed in the face of any choice - including choices to believe things or not - like buridan's ass without them
Was Labour always channelling Buridan's Ass, and we were too wrapped up in ourselves to notice?
January 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Was Labour always channelling Buridan's Ass, and we were too wrapped up in ourselves to notice?
Wondering if there is an analogue of Buridan's ass but where the two alternatives are equally abhorrent rather than equally compelling
January 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Wondering if there is an analogue of Buridan's ass but where the two alternatives are equally abhorrent rather than equally compelling
in "decisions big and small" we talked about picking' vs 'choosing', and cases of equal utility, how to break the deadlock U(A)=U(B)
A bunch of philosophy says in such a case choice is impossible, Buridan's Ass would starve to death
To demonstrate, I asked for a volunteer
A bunch of philosophy says in such a case choice is impossible, Buridan's Ass would starve to death
To demonstrate, I asked for a volunteer
April 25, 2024 at 1:03 PM
in "decisions big and small" we talked about picking' vs 'choosing', and cases of equal utility, how to break the deadlock U(A)=U(B)
A bunch of philosophy says in such a case choice is impossible, Buridan's Ass would starve to death
To demonstrate, I asked for a volunteer
A bunch of philosophy says in such a case choice is impossible, Buridan's Ass would starve to death
To demonstrate, I asked for a volunteer
Our S-risks:
1. Human Misalignment
2. AI Misalignment
3. Buridan's Ass
1. Human Misalignment
2. AI Misalignment
3. Buridan's Ass
April 30, 2023 at 10:47 AM
Our S-risks:
1. Human Misalignment
2. AI Misalignment
3. Buridan's Ass
1. Human Misalignment
2. AI Misalignment
3. Buridan's Ass
In a hypothetical world where Chuck Schumer abruptly resigns next week, is Andrew Cuomo then trapped in a Buridan's ass–style situation?
March 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
In a hypothetical world where Chuck Schumer abruptly resigns next week, is Andrew Cuomo then trapped in a Buridan's ass–style situation?
There's like four useful things I could do right now but I am gonna Buridan's Ass my way into wasting a whole goddamn afternoon
September 29, 2024 at 8:07 PM
There's like four useful things I could do right now but I am gonna Buridan's Ass my way into wasting a whole goddamn afternoon
Is that Buridan's Indecisive Ass staring out the window?
January 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Is that Buridan's Indecisive Ass staring out the window?
"a shit ton of fuzz between "technically more correct legal reading of a statute" & "more correct technical reading of a statute.""
I get this but wouldn't the proper inference be that Chevron almost never applies - you never have a pure Buridan's Ass case - not that Chevron is wrong in principle?
I get this but wouldn't the proper inference be that Chevron almost never applies - you never have a pure Buridan's Ass case - not that Chevron is wrong in principle?
August 14, 2024 at 1:01 AM
"a shit ton of fuzz between "technically more correct legal reading of a statute" & "more correct technical reading of a statute.""
I get this but wouldn't the proper inference be that Chevron almost never applies - you never have a pure Buridan's Ass case - not that Chevron is wrong in principle?
I get this but wouldn't the proper inference be that Chevron almost never applies - you never have a pure Buridan's Ass case - not that Chevron is wrong in principle?
Nah, it's not fear. Buridan's ass is the mind killer.
May 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Nah, it's not fear. Buridan's ass is the mind killer.
starving to death at my monitor buridan's-ass-style because i cant decide betwene clicking the tag for sister-in-law and i'm in your belly
August 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
starving to death at my monitor buridan's-ass-style because i cant decide betwene clicking the tag for sister-in-law and i'm in your belly