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On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:32:11 -0800, Dude wrote:
>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.
>>>
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