From: punditster@gmail.com
On 2/11/2026 5:24 PM, 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, 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 my history professor, Plato believed in a higher,
unchanging reality that provides the standard for justice, beauty, and
goodness. Natural law is the reflection of these eternal truths in the
world.
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