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WORDS are things, and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
–LORD BYRON
13-SEP
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12-SEP
MMXXII
Do a search on Google and you’ll find that MMXXII.com‘s place on page 6 no longer exists. You’ll find it on the first page of Brave, and Baidu, though.
Life is “nasty, brutish, and short,” says Thomas Hobbes.
Dacher Keltner believes evolution has given Homo sapiens emotions like gratitude, joy, amusement, and compassion. They help us survive and build cooperative and ethical societies.
Science of Awe by Mark Leviton
06-SEP
Dihydrogen Oxide
The triple point of pure water is at the temperature just above freezing (0.01° C) and at the pressure (0.006 atm) at which it can exist in equilibrium in all three states: liquid, solid, and gaseous.
Yes, water can freeze & boil at the same time!
The triple point is used to calibrate thermometers.
02-SEP
Disassembly
Time For A Populist Revolution. Urban radicals favor equality, and rural traditionalists favor liberty, but economic pressure on both the right & left is what the oligarchs want.
31-AUG
Community
Liberal & conservative are terms used – not to think – but to avoid thinking. You can classify anything as liberal or conservative, then simply declare yourself as being one or the other. All your thoughts for the rest of your life can be a knee jerk.
18-AUG
13-AUG
Confrontation
In a simple tit-for-tat strategy, one begins by cooperating and then mimics the other player’s moves. Tit-for-tat is nice in that it is willing to cooperate and it does not bear a grudge. It also cannot be exploited because any defection from cooperation will be returned.
By Robert Schenk @ ingrimayne.com Re: TitForTat
See also truth bias
08-AUG
Daunting
“You are old, Father William,” the young man said, “and your hair has become very white; and yet you incessantly stand on your head – do you think, at your age, it is right?”
In my youth,” Father William replied to his son, “I feared it might injure the brain; but now that I’m perfectly sure I have none, why, I do it again and again.”
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1865)