From: punditster@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/10/2026 2:12 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   > On Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:49:10 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2/9/2026 2:49 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>> On Mon, 9 Feb 2026 12:30:35 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 2/9/2026 9:37 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>> 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?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> That's like asking what was the First Cause?   
   >>>   
   >>> Yes, and it is turtles all the way down.  There is no escaping it.   
   >>>   
   >>> And we have enough excuses for mindlessness without that one.   
   >>>   
   >> That's one answer to The Three-Body Fortune. Thanks.   
   >>   
   >> Nihilism is the rejection of all religious and moral principles, in the   
   >> belief that life is meaningless. YMMV.   
   >   
   > That's the thing.  Moral principles need not be meaningful.  It is   
   > enough to have them and understand their worth to a meaningless human   
   > being.   
    >   
   We studied this at the community college: Political Science (a required   
   course).   
      
   Natural law proponents, from Aristotle to John Locke, have argued that   
   laws enacted by governments are only valid if they conform to a higher,   
   natural, and moral law. It's the basis for inalienable rights such as   
   life, liberty, and property.   
    >   
   >>   
   >>>> In the thinker's mind they all probably used logic and observation, and   
   >>>> then brain cells triggered critical thinking.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Everything is relative to something else. Time, space, and gravity are   
   >>>> interconnected rather than absolute. Einstein posited that the speed of   
   >>>> light is constant, time slows down at high speeds, and gravity is the   
   >>>> warping of spacetime by mass.   
      
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