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Dude wrote:
> On 2/11/2026 1:41 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>> 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.
>>
> That's funny. Good one!
>
> Apparently, Aristotle is considered the founder of logic, establishing
> the first formal system for deductive reasoning.
And Plato was Aristotle’s teacher and mentor for 20 years.
>>
>
>>> 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
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