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On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:02:34 -0800, Dude wrote:
>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
He must have been well off.
> > > 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
<<>> to <<>>
Who dares to talk to El Sombrero?
dares: Ned
does not dare: Julian shrinks in horror and warns others away
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