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On 2/11/2026 5:33 PM, 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, 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.
>
> And it was plato who taught us to think, or was it socrates?.
>
> None of which has anything to do with
>
>> Private property promotes efficiency, fosters virtue
>> (generosity/charity), and enables a virtuous life, though it should be
>>> used for the common good." - Aristotle, Politics
>
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