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On 2/11/2026 5:42 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 20:33:13 -0500, 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
>>
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