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Too hot for a cold reading
“Philosophers / must ultimately find / their true perfection // in knowing all / the follies of mankind / -by introspection.” – Piet Hein, Grooks, “The Ultimate Wisdom.” 陰陽師身の上知らず(On’youji mi no ue shirazu;“The diviner knows not their own fate”) Definition: … Continue reading
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Tagged blind spot, 知らない, divination, 陰陽師, 身の上, fortune-telling, Grooks, Iroha karuta, Onmyoudou, self-awareness
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Magic Monday: AI Magic 5
Week 5: Power Play Magic is a tool, and people tend to find ways to use tools for amusements or relatively trivial tasks; it’s not all killing curses and raising new islands out of the depths of the sea. This … Continue reading
Posted in World-Building
Tagged AI weirdness, divination, fart, magic, neural network, RPG, serious play, spell
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Got sunshine, in a bag
大安吉日 tai.an.kichi.jitsu Literally: big – peace – joy – day Alternately: A good day for doing things. Specifically, 大安 was a very auspicious day under the old 陰陽 (Onmyou, Japanese style yin-yang) divination system, and this compound emphasizes this positivity … Continue reading
Posted in Japanese, Yojijukugo
Tagged divination, 陰陽, good day, Gorillaz, horoscope, 吉日, 大安, 暦, 源氏物語
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Someone who can see through the shell game
亀の甲より年の劫 (Kame no kou yori toshi no kou; “Better the wisdom of years than a tortoise-shell”) Definition: Pun time! Japanese is actually full of puns, and here’s one that made it into a kotowaza. The phrase itself means that one … Continue reading
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Tagged こっくりさん, divination, experience, Kokkuri, wisdom, 年の劫, 亀の甲
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