Showing posts with label paradox. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paradox. Show all posts

Friday, November 20, 2015

Influence Conundrum / Paradox

Can I call this concept by my own name, the Ruby Paradox?

Standard: A system made up of entities that have their acceptance of objects reliant on the acceptance of said objects by peers - is paradoxical.

Extending this into reality, acceptance and adoption of an object (notion, product etc.) is dependant on whether or not people already accept it.

The paradox unfolds when one considers that if a new thing is claimed liked by the first few of its distributed judgements - by whatever incentive - the trajectory of the response to the 'new thing' by others is reliably aimed towards it being liked - and vice versa. That should be worrying, considering what seems 'right', as the first few judgements may be innacurate or biased - leading to the majority of others being wrong in their ill-conceived judgments.

For the most part, people will only allow themselves to like things that are similar or close to things that are already accepted by their chosen peers.

Meaning that: true originality, in the purest imaginable sense, is doomed to be denied until normalcy becomes closer to it.

And... The launch conditions of anything determine its direction, regardless of where it is pointed.

Reality truly is a bitch...

Friday, March 14, 2014

Advertisement Paradox

If people are buying much less
because money is low in worth and
many things can be obtained for free
so companies provide free services and products that rely on advertisements to gain revenue,

 Why would anyone be expected to buy anything advertised?

Friday, August 16, 2013

Odd Trains: Extortionate and Unfair Rail Services

SHORT AS

"Whoever... Is this fair?"

Journey A takes 30 mins and travels a distance of 30 miles
Journey B takes 30 mins and travels a distance of 30 miles

Journey A is under more demand, yet has the same train frequency and number of carriages as Journey B, which gets fewer passengers and less demand.

Journey A costs 34 coins to take
Journey B costs 14 coins to take

Does this make sense?
Why and how are these companies allowed to do this?

In 2008, a ticket which could be used to return with within 30 days of purchase, costed
a fifth more than the price of a single fare.
In 2012, a ticket which could be used to return with within 30 days of purchase, costed
the same as two singles.

"Pubic transport in Great Britain...."