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   On Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:12:36 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
      
   >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.   
      
   You snuck that last one in yourself, didn't you?   
      
   I think that statement is far too idealistic.  Social structures need   
   laws that detail what happens if I kill your dog or you kill my cat,   
   metaphorically.   
      
   Happenings that are too trivial to require a natural law, but for   
   which there must be consequences.   
      
   There is no natural law that says you are entitled to a cat. Actually,   
   in the course of animal relations, it is the cat who decides whether   
   it owns you or not.  So be careful which humans you kill, or you might   
   end up facing a very angry cat, and both know you don't want that.   
      
   >>>   
   >>>>> 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.   
   --   
   Noah Sombrero mustachioed villain   
   Don't get political with me young man   
   or I'll tie you to a railroad track and   
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   Who dares to talk to El Sombrero?   
   dares: Ned   
   does not dare: Julian  shrinks in horror and warns others away   
      
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