Going back through some old photos (see pics thread), I ran into this:
That line from the father's song in Mary Poppins, where he's going on about how nothing can go wrong, in Britain in 1910. That's about the point I realized the boy was gonna die in a trench.
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Show posts MenuQuote from: chaotic neutral observer on March 22, 2019, 05:04:06 AM
Secret Decoder Rings???!?? I wanna collect the WHOLE SET.
"All models are wrong, but some are useful."
--George Box
Collect as many models as you need, and use the best one for the current situation. They don't have to be mutually consistent.
Quote from: Hoopla! on March 19, 2019, 01:50:33 PM
The article doesn't claim physical reality doesn't exist. You're still sitting on something, but it's your mind that created the category of "chair", and placed that collection of molecules into that category.
Cram once told a story about a zen master who held something up to his student. "What is this?" he asked.
The student looked it over thoughfully. "It is a pen." the student finally answered.
The zen master looked at the student. "I scratch my balls with it." the master said.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on March 18, 2019, 04:10:35 AMQuote from: Telarus on March 17, 2019, 10:38:43 PM
nullified describes the problem very succinctly, and has found his own solution.
She.