Meta-ok and Meta-right
Jun. 15th, 2015 01:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackI'm not sure if this is the best terminology, but I found it useful to have a name for the concept at all. I'd like one that was clear to people other than me :)
The idea is, "meta-right" means "the right decision given the information available, which may or may not have been correct omnisciently". Like:
Q. I put the colander in the utensils cupboard, was that right?
A. That was meta-right. [ie. it actually goes in the pan cupboard but I didn't expect you to know that, and thank you for helping tidy up, I'm glad you helped and took sensible guesses]
Q. I gambled on X, but it actually came up Y. Do you think that was meta-right?
A. I'm not sure, do you think you had any way to know, or was X your best guess?
Similarly, "meta-ok" when you ask if something is ok. Eg.
Q. Is it ok I was late home?
A. It was meta-ok.
Meaning, it's ok that you're late home SOMETIMES, and this time was no worse than any other time. But it's not necessarily ok if you're ALWAYS late home.
But is there a better way of describing this?
The idea is, "meta-right" means "the right decision given the information available, which may or may not have been correct omnisciently". Like:
Q. I put the colander in the utensils cupboard, was that right?
A. That was meta-right. [ie. it actually goes in the pan cupboard but I didn't expect you to know that, and thank you for helping tidy up, I'm glad you helped and took sensible guesses]
Q. I gambled on X, but it actually came up Y. Do you think that was meta-right?
A. I'm not sure, do you think you had any way to know, or was X your best guess?
Similarly, "meta-ok" when you ask if something is ok. Eg.
Q. Is it ok I was late home?
A. It was meta-ok.
Meaning, it's ok that you're late home SOMETIMES, and this time was no worse than any other time. But it's not necessarily ok if you're ALWAYS late home.
But is there a better way of describing this?
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Date: 2015-06-15 05:47 pm (UTC)How esoteric are we talking? Have things gotten downright occult?
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Date: 2015-06-15 05:50 pm (UTC)They sound pretty occult; I do not have enough Sanity Points at the moment to risk taking a closer look.
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Date: 2015-06-15 05:57 pm (UTC)