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   On 2/11/2026 1:14 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   We studied this in junior college: History 101 (a required course).   
      
   Apparently, Aristotle owned no property other than a few finger rings   
   and a quill pen.   
      
   However, his father was the royal physician to the king of Macedon and   
   Aristotle was the tutor of Alexander the Great.   
      
   So, what would he know?   
      
   According to the Britannica Encyclopedia, Aristotle (384–322 BC) was a   
   towering ancient Greek philosopher, scientist, and polymath who   
   profoundly shaped Western thought for over two millennia."   
    >   
   >>>> 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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