On this night in 1846,following the marvellous calculations of Le Verrier of Paris and Adams of Cambridge concerning the celestial phenomenon known as the perturbations of Uranus, Herr Gaulle of Berlin discovered the existence of a new planet, one of the greatest triumps of theoretical astronomy. The planet was named Neptune“
Book of Days by Elizabeth & Gerald Donaldson
Human thought is still best described by metaphor, poetry, & other literary devices to express what we do not fully understand. Experience is a matter of sensibility & intuition, of seeing & hearing the significant things, of paying attention at the right moments.
Garry Kasparov
Affirmation mode requires saying something positive.
e.g., I love “hearing the answer!“
Affirmation format makes a negative expression into a positive affirmation.
e.g., I love everything about “waiting for the answer”!
Skip ahead to the 8 minute mark for the actual launch.
Hobbes describes life as “nasty, brutish, and short”.
Keltner believes evolution has given Homo sapiens emotions like gratitude, joy, amusement, and compassion.
Get back, get back,
Get back to where you once belonged.
Get back, get back,
Get back to where you once belonged.
Get back, Jojo.
“Is Tucson in Arizona?” John checks with Paul as The Beatles write “Get Back”
-New Yorker cultural-comment
Nothing unusual this morning – unlike last month when the shirtless urban wanderer, John Kiltman, appeared here.
“There is always a brave new world,” said Poirot, “but only, you know, for very special people. The lucky ones. The ones who carry the making of that world within themselves.
Agatha Christie
For a big-picture view of what the metaverse has in mind, take a look at A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1959).
