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by cyc116 2825 days ago
Are Robots Coming for Your Job? Eventually, Yes

Is The Bull Market Coming to an End? Eventually, Yes

Does my cat like Sushi rolls? Eventually, Yes

Does Titles like these bother You? Eventually, Yes

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Your cat might (and probably will) die before they like sushi roles, so your understanding of eventually might not be canonical.
> Your cat might (and probably will) die before they like sushi roles, so your understanding of eventually might not be canonical.

Do you... have a cat? It's harder to get them not to eat the fish you don't want them to have.

As far as I know, most cats won’t eat rice.
Given infinite time, something called your cat will eventually like sushi roles [sic]. #Pedantic
No, there are definitely diffeeences in timescales.

“It will eventually rain today” is very different in its truthiness when compared to “it will eventually rain this year”. It’s the same when comparing statements with a close by deadline (the expected death of a cat) and one that is much farther off (the dissolution of the USA).

Beyond that, Boltzmann brains tell us that some things aren’t possible given an infinite amount of time.