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   Noah Sombrero to Dude   
   Re: The Three-Body Fortune:   
   09 Feb 26 12:37:33   
   
   From: fedora@fea.st   
      
   On Mon, 9 Feb 2026 09:29:18 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
      
   >On 2/8/2026 1:43 PM, Tara wrote:   
   >> Julian  wrote:   
   >>> What You Name Things Matters, how you treat people matters and why your   
   >>> day is a dynamical system, how to avoid thing you don't want, and why   
   >>> what looks like luck is really a navigational skill   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> There is a problem in physics that has haunted mathematicians since   
   >>> Newton. Three masses in space, each pulling on the other two through   
   >>> gravity. Unlike two bodies — which orbit each other in neat, predictable   
   >>> ellipses — three bodies produce trajectories that are exquisitely   
   >>> sensitive to the tiniest change in starting conditions. Henri Poincaré   
   >>> proved in 1890 that there is no general solution. The system is   
   >>> deterministic. It follows fixed laws. And it is, in any practical sense,   
   >>> unpredictable.   
   >>>   
   >>> You are a three-body problem.   
   >>>   
   >>> Not metaphorically. Not loosely. Structurally. You are three masses in   
   >>> mutual gravitational interaction, and the dynamics of your day — whether   
   >>> it soars, spirals, or collapses — follow the same mathematics...   
   >>>   
   >>> https://mattkilcoyne.substack.com/p/the-three-body-fortune   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> :)   
   >>   
   >Finally, something interesting to talk about and post comment for   
   >discussion. Thanks.   
   >   
   >The historical Buddha, 563 to 483 B.C, taught that cause and effect,   
   >rooted in the law of karma were based on intentional actions. All   
   >voluntary actions of body, speech, and mind produce corresponding   
   >reactions. Supposedly, positive actions lead to happiness, while   
   >negative ones result in suffering, shaping an individual's experiences   
   >across lifetimes.   
   >   
   >Everything that happens, is caused by something else that causes it.   
   >   
   >Then come the thinkers from Greece.   
   >   
   >Aristotle, 384–322 BCE, who is generally credited with the first formal,   
   >systematic theory of causality in Western philosophy, established the   
   >the law of cause was that there is a specific cause or set of causes.   
   >   
   >He outlined the "four causes"—material, formal, efficient, and final—in   
   >his works Physics and Metaphysics to explain why things exist and change.   
   >   
   >So, one thing leads to another, since the beginning of Time.   
   >   
   >Speaking time.   
   >   
   >How does all that fit in with Albert Einstein, the thinker who first   
   >established the special theory of relativity in 1905 and the general   
   >theory of relativity by 1915?   
      
   What caused him to do that?   
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   or I'll tie you to a railroad track and   
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   dares: Ned   
   does not dare: Julian  shrinks in horror and warns others away   
      
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