Now I Understand Gojo’s Infinite Void
“You’re weak” — Satoru Gojo
If you’re a fan of Jujutsu Kaisen, you must be familiar with Gojo’s famous domain expansion: Infinite Void. The idea of the skill is to pour the target with an infinite amount of information so that they will get immobilized.
At first, I don’t understand. Why does knowing an infinite amount of information make you stay still? 🤔 Isn’t it supposed to be the opposite? If you know more information, doesn’t that help you make decisions a lot faster cause you know the full picture? Since then, this idea stuck in my head. Until now…
Imagine looking at a restaurant menu and seeing only 1 option. How long does it take you to order? Immediately, right? Now imagine you see 2 options. How long will it take you to order? Probably slightly longer. Why? Cause you need to compare menu A and menu B. Takes a lil’ bit of time, isn’t it? Now scale this to an extreme of say… 100 menu. It will likely take you a very long time to choose your order cause you have lots of comparisons to do. Mathematically, 4950 comparisons. Based on this evidence, now I can relate this to Gojo’s Infinite Void.
I’m no expert… but from my observation. The more options you have, the more hesitant you are to decide. Because you think, “What if there is a better option?”. Then you keep looking and comparing every possible combination there is. The amount of time you use to compare will grow exponentially based on the comparison criteria: price, color, features, .etc. The longer you compare, the more you postpone to decide, which leaves you in a still state.
Isn’t it interesting to see that despite knowing everything, you ended up not doing anything? It’s such a paradox.
Hope you enjoy this story!
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