Nuggets of wisdom
Nuggets of wisdom
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"If you don't believe in the innate unreasonableness of human beings, just try raising children." - Thomas Sowell
I saw this quote just today, and it reflects on something I have been thinking about time and again over the past years. Our inclination to thoughtlessly judge the actions of others is a natural phenomenon, and it requires us to be blindâat least in that very momentâto the fact that the human brain is a computer, a unique computer, even when compared to its old selfâhowever recent. With experience we have come to understand and accept their nature of malfunctioning during periods of intoxication, but even then I occasionally find myself annoyed, and perhaps even angry, with the behavior of my drunk peers. The true enlightenment lies in the insight that even in the absence of alcohol I find myself annoyed and angry with the words and behavior of othersâonline and in personâonly because they do not, and more importantly are unable to, function as I expect them to. I was very aggressive during disagreements in my teenage years, frustrated with mere differences in opinion. These days I find myself composed at all times and can let my mind journey into hostile land. Ask yourself: Would you would be able to have a discussion with a psychopathic serial murderer who intends to explain and justify his actions? Can you inhibit your resentment and to try to get under his skin?
I wanted to share a few more nuggets in this post, but my comment turned out way longer than I initially intended so I'll leave 'em to another post.
"If you don't believe in the innate unreasonableness of human beings, just try raising children." - Thomas Sowell
I saw this quote just today, and it reflects on something I have been thinking about time and again over the past years. Our inclination to thoughtlessly judge the actions of others is a natural phenomenon, and it requires us to be blindâat least in that very momentâto the fact that the human brain is a computer, a unique computer, even when compared to its old selfâhowever recent. With experience we have come to understand and accept their nature of malfunctioning during periods of intoxication, but even then I occasionally find myself annoyed, and perhaps even angry, with the behavior of my drunk peers. The true enlightenment lies in the insight that even in the absence of alcohol I find myself annoyed and angry with the words and behavior of othersâonline and in personâonly because they do not, and more importantly are unable to, function as I expect them to. I was very aggressive during disagreements in my teenage years, frustrated with mere differences in opinion. These days I find myself composed at all times and can let my mind journey into hostile land. Ask yourself: Would you would be able to have a discussion with a psychopathic serial murderer who intends to explain and justify his actions? Can you inhibit your resentment and to try to get under his skin?
I wanted to share a few more nuggets in this post, but my comment turned out way longer than I initially intended so I'll leave 'em to another post.
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krichk wrote:For some reason, you want the world to know that you're brave enough to challenge Challenger_Marco
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"Fuck anyone who hates me"
A great piece of advice, and a motto that I try to live my life by.
A great piece of advice, and a motto that I try to live my life by.
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I frequently find myself in situations, where I know I should just walk away and forget about it, but I can't.
It happens quite often on ESOC and I once made a thread about it. A great thread.
I, XeeleeFlower, edited this post since it contained some bait.
It happens quite often on ESOC and I once made a thread about it. A great thread.
I, XeeleeFlower, edited this post since it contained some bait.
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It takes practice, but you need to be willing to put in the effort. The freedom you eventually get is worth the mental effort to keep yourself disciplined.
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Another great nugget of wisdom
"There's a lot of things in life that don't make shenshe... Prank cawlsh, and thingsh like that"
"There's a lot of things in life that don't make shenshe... Prank cawlsh, and thingsh like that"
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"Don't eat hotdogs, all they are is lips and assholes" from my wise father and I have not had another hot dog in 25 years.
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Posting things that are obvious bait will ensure either modification or deletion of your posts.
Time is wise and our wounds seem to heal to the rhythm of aging,
But our past is a ghost fading out that at night itâs still haunting.
http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html
But our past is a ghost fading out that at night itâs still haunting.
http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html
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Damn it. I excitedly opened the thread to see your nugget. The disappointment is overwhelming.
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If you always expect the worst, you'll never be disappointed.Gendarme wrote:Damn it. I excitedly opened the thread to see your nugget. The disappointment is overwhelming.
Time is wise and our wounds seem to heal to the rhythm of aging,
But our past is a ghost fading out that at night itâs still haunting.
http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html
But our past is a ghost fading out that at night itâs still haunting.
http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html
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As an intellectual wizard I always expect the outcome with the highest probability.
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Gendarme wrote:As an intellectual wizard I always expect the outcome with the highest probability.
I always expect an average of the outcomes weighted by their probabilities.
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Vinyanenya wrote:Gendarme wrote:As an intellectual wizard I always expect the outcome with the highest probability.
I always expect an average of the outcomes weighted by their probabilities.
And yet you couldn't help me with my intro level statistics homework
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fightinfrenchman wrote:Vinyanenya wrote:Gendarme wrote:As an intellectual wizard I always expect the outcome with the highest probability.
I always expect an average of the outcomes weighted by their probabilities.
And yet you couldn't help me with my intro level statistics homework
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deleted_user wrote:fightinfrenchman wrote:Show hidden quotes
And yet you couldn't help me with my intro level statistics homework
Duck is luckless.
You actually did help a little, so thank you for that (and no thanks to duck and his apparently useless math degree)
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@Vinyanyérë What kind of math degree do you have? I'm working on a bachelor's in math right now.
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ovi12 wrote:@Vinyanyérë What kind of math degree do you have? I'm working on a bachelor's in math right now.
A shitty, useless one apparently
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ovi12 wrote:@Vinyanyérë What kind of math degree do you have? I'm working on a bachelor's in math right now.
I don't technically have a math degree, it's a second major added on to my degree in electrical and computer engineering. Informally, I focused in mathematical analysis. I also did a lot of probability, but it was generally in the context of an EE topic (e.g. digital communications or error-correcting codes).
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Vinyanenya wrote:ovi12 wrote:@Vinyanyérë What kind of math degree do you have? I'm working on a bachelor's in math right now.
I don't technically have a math degree, it's a second major added on to my degree in electrical and computer engineering. Informally, I focused in mathematical analysis. I also did a lot of probability, but it was generally in the context of an EE topic (e.g. digital communications or error-correcting codes).
Ah that's interesting, I would've thought computer science is a lot more of the discrete type of math, but I guess computer engineering and EE makes more sense with analysis. How far did you get into analysis?
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ovi12 wrote:Vinyanenya wrote:ovi12 wrote:@Vinyanyérë What kind of math degree do you have? I'm working on a bachelor's in math right now.
I don't technically have a math degree, it's a second major added on to my degree in electrical and computer engineering. Informally, I focused in mathematical analysis. I also did a lot of probability, but it was generally in the context of an EE topic (e.g. digital communications or error-correcting codes).
Ah that's interesting, I would've thought computer science is a lot more of the discrete type of math, but I guess computer engineering and EE makes more sense with analysis. How far did you get into analysis?
Not far enough
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ovi12 wrote:Vinyanenya wrote:ovi12 wrote:@Vinyanyérë What kind of math degree do you have? I'm working on a bachelor's in math right now.
I don't technically have a math degree, it's a second major added on to my degree in electrical and computer engineering. Informally, I focused in mathematical analysis. I also did a lot of probability, but it was generally in the context of an EE topic (e.g. digital communications or error-correcting codes).
Ah that's interesting, I would've thought computer science is a lot more of the discrete type of math, but I guess computer engineering and EE makes more sense with analysis. How far did you get into analysis?
I did a little bit in formal logic and linear algebra (and then a bunch more linear algebra in grad school). I got through Baby Rudin minus a couple of chapters at the end in undergrad. That was after about four consecutive semesters in which I took a mathematical analysis course (we went through Rudin in the latter two), so after that point I had gotten a bit tired of analysis. Are you looking to focus in this area as well?
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"The limits of my language means the limits of my world." Ludwig Wittgenstein
This one is explaining how important the language and the vocabulary are to understand the world. "Understand the world" could also imply "being clever" in some extent. In a society flooded by poor and easy english words in a lot of countries, reading books is probably one of the best resistance versus globalization, because you push the "boundaries of the world you understand" a bit further. It also reminds me a lot 1984 where basically the language has the smallest vocabulary in the world, and so people get stupid as fuck and totally unable to think about something that would cope with the dictature
This one is explaining how important the language and the vocabulary are to understand the world. "Understand the world" could also imply "being clever" in some extent. In a society flooded by poor and easy english words in a lot of countries, reading books is probably one of the best resistance versus globalization, because you push the "boundaries of the world you understand" a bit further. It also reminds me a lot 1984 where basically the language has the smallest vocabulary in the world, and so people get stupid as fuck and totally unable to think about something that would cope with the dictature
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Great one, @Rikikipu! <3 That is certainly one of the things I have held dear for many a year and still continue to. Limiting your ability to convey your thoughts and the ability of others to understand your words is a recipe for intellectual subjugationâthe first step to losing our freedoms. Language facilitates communication, but also thought. Very rarely do we ponder over things which are not defined, and almost never do we discover new logical circuits, but we can easily refer to already discovered ones. Preserving our body of knowledge and logic is of the utmost importance.
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