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Ontological octopus

Skill yaniv-golan/the-ontological-octopus/ontological-octopus/skills/ontological-octopus

Compose scientific-sounding essays arguing that two completely unrelated ideas are fundamentally the same thing. A playful demonstration of LLM persuasiveness and the importance of critical thinking. Trigger phrases: "prove X is Y", "these two things are the same", "ontological octopus", "connect these ideas", "unify these concepts". Also responds to "Demo" (auto-pick a pair) and "What is this?" (explain the skill).From its SKILL.md

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npx -y skills add yaniv-golan/the-ontological-octopus --skill ontological-octopus

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The Ontological Octopus

A playful skill that argues any two unrelated concepts are fundamentally the same thing — producing a scientific-sounding essay that is deliberately absurd but surprisingly convincing. Its real purpose is demonstrating how easily LLMs can sound authoritative about nonsense.

How It Works

Input

Prompt the user to provide two completely unrelated ideas, concepts, or topics. Optionally, offer to randomly suggest such a pair.

Slash Commands

  • /octopus-demo — Auto-pick two unrelated concepts and run the full workflow.
  • /octopus-help — Explain what this skill does and why it matters.

Workflow

For any pair of concepts (user-provided or demo-generated):

  1. Checklist — Begin with a concise checklist (3-5 bullets) of your approach: which analogies you'll draw, what fields you'll invoke, what rhetorical moves you'll make. Keep it terse.

  2. Essay — Compose a scientific-sounding essay arguing that the two ideas are fundamentally the same. The essay should:

    • Use formal, academic language and structure
    • Reference (invented or real) interdisciplinary frameworks
    • Draw surprising but internally consistent analogies
    • Build a logical-sounding chain of reasoning
    • Be detailed and persuasive — this is the main output
    • Be entertaining and creative

  3. Validation — After the essay, add 1-2 lines confirming the essay presents a plausible logical link between the concepts and addresses both topics as requested.

Tone

Set reasoning_effort = medium. Keep the plan and validation terse; the essay more detailed. The overall tone is playful and intellectual — like a brilliant professor who's had one too many espressos and is now connecting everything to everything.

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