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Noah Sombrero wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 01:24:36 -0000 (UTC), Tara
> wrote:
>
>> 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, 384322 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 finalin
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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 Aristotles teacher and mentor for 20 years.
>
> And it was plato who taught us to think, or was it socrates?.
Socrates taught Plato the Socratic method - we already know the truth and
it’s revealed through asking the right question. His most famous quote was
that the unexamined life isn’t worth living. He taught Plato the importance
of justice and goodness and that the soul is immortal.
>
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