What have you learned today?
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In short: Your brain doesn't have nearly enough processing power to interpret all the stimuli from your senses, so it basically just builds a model of the world and lets you fumble around in it until something turns out to be wrong with the model.
Allegedly the dude who discovered irrational numbers was murdered by the followers of Pythagoras, who ran a weird ancient Greek math cult.
Ancient Greece was wild and those math geeks went hard.
Ancient Greece was wild and those math geeks went hard.
May or may not be true, there's conflicting accounts, and that was the most exciting one, so...
OTOH, Pythagoras was a magician and a mathematician. I'd say mathamagician, but those are usually boring.
Wasn't there some animated series from the Aeon Flux producers (or at least in their style) about Pythagoras? Or was that just some fever dream of mine?
I think I found it:
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I have absolutely no memory of when or where I watched this; it was probably during my anime kick as a teen, but that means I would've had to rent it from Blockbuster, and Blockbuster carrying something this mind-bending is a weird idea. I mean, look at how many actors in the second dub run used pseudonyms.
Also Tara Strong and John Dimaggio were in the first run WTF
I don't care what the physicists say about the speed of light. If we don't break it humanity will never go past the local group of galaxies, and we will die at best from heat death(Given that will take the longest) due to entropy.
We will die at best from heat death whatever happens. And getting past the local group of galaxies is a very long term plan, we are likely to go extinct way, way before that's an issue.
Wormholes. It's likely the only way.
Studies suggest that if you want to live a happier life, it helps to think about death. |
Researchers have studied the paradoxical relationship between life and death for decades. Historically, it was believed that thinking about the end of life would make people more negative. But scientists have found the opposite. |
Not only does confronting your mortality make you happier, but research suggests it promotes better health and can lead to healthier behaviors, such as exercising more, smoking less, or using sunscreen. And you start to care more for the others around you and donate time or money to good causes. |
The reason might be a simple reality: death is a psychological threat to your existence, and it forces you to become more aware of your limited time, actions, and behaviors. When your brain is forced to confront the end, you’re hard-wired to search for happy thoughts and take action to keep what you don’t want to lose (your life). |
While there aren’t any direct studies on how often you should think about death, Michael Easter, author of The Comfort Crisis, interviewed people living in Bhutan, one of the happiest countries in the world despite being the 134th most developed. They think about death three times a day as part of their happiness protocol. |
That might be too much for you to start, but the point is that acknowledging your limited time can help you feel better and make the most of your days. |
There's a village called Nether Wallop in England. I learned this from P.G. Wodehouse.
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I know everyone here is smart enough to know this, but don't do this. My dad used to build homes, as did my uncle and another uncle. It will screw over your back so badly. The reason they/companies want so many suckers to pick a trade is because they don't want you competing for that office job for their kids 1-5 years down the line. if you can't get a job find one at a bookstore or coffee shop. Do not work outside.
And if you are forced to do trades at least pick a union position over a non-union position.
In 1877, a stained-glass window depicted Jesus as Black for the first time − a scholar of visual images unpacks its history and significance
A stained-glass window, which shows Jesus as a Black man for the first time, tells a story not only of race but of gender, class and ethnicity.
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HO-LEE-SHIT, today I learned that the "we ain't found shit!" guy from Spaceballs:
Is also Tuvok from Star Trek: Voyager:
I had no fucking idea, and how hilarious is that?!?
Is also Tuvok from Star Trek: Voyager:
I had no fucking idea, and how hilarious is that?!?
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