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   On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:33:40 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
      
   >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?   
      
   It depends, some think his successors had better ideas.   
      
   >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.   
   --   
   Noah Sombrero mustachioed villain   
   Don't get political with me young man   
      
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