It applies to everything and yes, value or knowledge compression could be another form of seeing it. It's always the most suitable to us related to the knowledge we have. We never consider what we don't know, and in scale I reckon is the biggest part.  

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Human beings, pattern-seekers and meaning-makers that we are, tend to make assumptions very easily.

 on pattern and value.  We might think of the 

 you're talking about in terms of value compression.

It's an interesting connection.  Interesting to me, at least :)

mostly_harmless

Let them shine

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> Human beings, pattern-seekers and meaning-makers that we are, tend to make assumptions very easily.

In terms of [this general discussion](https://stacker.news/items/459140) on pattern and value.  We might think of the _assumptions_ you're talking about in terms of value compression.

It's an interesting connection.  Interesting to me, at least :)