From: punditster@gmail.com
On 2/10/2026 7:59 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
> 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?
>
"Private property promotes efficiency, fosters virtue
(generosity/charity), and enables a virtuous life, though it should be
used for the common good." - Aristotle, Politics
> > 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.
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