I do not fear facts, but I do fear the possible subtext engendered by the citation of a specific fact. keywords: [politics] [polemics] [standard phraseology] [debate] [discourse]
Day: February 2, 2021
LOREM IPSUM
Awaiting the satisfaction of thresholds (cf: Ovid’s “Everything comes gradually, and at its appointed hour.”) is the most generic motion available to a sentient being. Delaying gratification is just a special case of this. keywords: [General Systems Theory] [continuous improvement] [progress]
LOREM IPSUM
Suffering exile is the default way of learning arithmetic. (cf: Ovid) keywords: [mathematics] [education]
famous saying
“The shortest distance between two truths in the real domain passes through the complex domain.” (Hence, the complex domain is a catalyst for the elucidation of truth in the real domain.)
quote
“So long as Esperanto is disregarded, all these things must be.” “Mr. Britling Sees It Through” by H. G. Wells
PUN
first-strike capability: birthright of any Wikipedian
PUN
bell-tightening (pushing the standard deviation towards zero): foie-strike capability
article: Publication Order of Hercule Poirot Books
Here is the link. keywords: [Agatha Christie] [detective stories] [murder mysteries] [murder mystery] [hudunit] [whodunit]