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Arsehole theory
Out of the last year with one theory, into the new year with my next theory. Each group of people has an equal number of arseholes (3-5% seems reasonable). So each nation will have a roughly equal number of arseholes. I have no idea if arseholes are more common in men than women. It’s definitely…
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Paradise theory
Let’s assume that the earth is paradise (Heaven in other words). Its an oasis of life in the middle of billions of light years of death. So when we talk about global problems, we’re talking about paradise problems. Or indeed, trouble in paradise. Gaia theory says that paradise is alive. It maintains its temperature and…
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Spirit of the teacher
Carrying on from Scientific observers, shepherds and messiahs, here’s Maria Montessori’s take: But let us seek to implement in the soul the self-sacrificing spirit of the scientist with the reverent love of the disciple of Christ, and we shall have prepared the spirit of the teacher. – The Montessori Method, p13, Maria Montessori Teaching is where…
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Antidote
In Buddhism they have a concept of antidotes. Klaus Barbie, was truly a Satan walking amongst us. But he had an antidote. Marcel Marceau. The Butcher of Lyon and a butcher’s son from Strasbourg who went on to be a world famous mime artist. Marcel Marceau ended up in Lyon where Barbie carried out his…
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Keep It Simple
Occam’s razor (from FOLDOC). The English philosopher, William of Occam (1300-1349) propounded Occam’s Razor: Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem. (Latin for “Entities should not be multiplied more than necessary”). That is, the fewer assumptions an explanation of a phenomenon depends on, the better it is. Or simple is better than complex. But also it’s…
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100 million years
I like to think about time, especially how short-sighted we are. It took “only” 100 or so million years to create life on earth (from Lex Fridman vs Andrej Karpathy @13:26). Reading about How fast is gravity, the Neutron Star collision that enabled us to detect the speed of graviational waves a few years ago was 130…
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The sins of love
Most of the seven deadly sins are defined by Dante Alighieri (c. 1264–1321) as perverse or corrupt versions of love; lust, gluttony, and greed are all excessive or disordered love of good things; and wrath, envy, and pride are perverted love directed toward others’ harm. The sole exception is sloth, which is a deficiency of…
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The separation of church and religion
The Christian religion should be definitively split from the Christian church. If not in real life (although I wish this too), it should definitely be split in any discussions. I was reading about Thomas Huxley vs Bishop of Oxford in 1860. Huxley wasn’t attacking religion, he was attacking the church. We keep ending up in an argument…
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Delegation
In a more detailed teaching, Martin Luther explains that God and government are not constrained by the commandment not to kill, but that God has delegated his authority in punishing evildoers to the government. – Lutheranism version of ‘Thou shalt not kill’ Lets repeat… God has delegated his authority in punishing evildoers to the government…
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Sea of thermodynamics
Reading about Ernest Shackleton stuck in a boat (the James Caird)… … the struggle against the sea is an act of physical combat, and there is no escape. It is a battle against a tireless enemy in which men never actually wins; the most that he can hope for is not to be defeated. —…
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