Do they say “Yoy-lir”?

I don’t think a lot of people from Texas are referring to Euler by name, but I’d imagine they’d be predisposed to “Oiler”

Yoy-lir

You made that one up.

Edit: Upon reflection, I think this might be what I would phonate as “Ee-oy-lir”, like “Eeyore”, which I would accept.

Six sigma is literally a methodology based on reducing defects on the production scale of millions. Not every business is a high-volume manufacturer, and there’s no reason to treat them that way

There are centuries of religious thought by mystics developing upon the texts inspired in part by those stories. The parts based on common ancient legends comprise a relatively small part of religious texts.

And still, if anything that’s supportive evidence. The ancient legends that pop up again and again, that survive centuries of canonical revision, probably reflect deep and spiritually apparent features of reality.

They contradict each other on many aspects.

Yes, which is why I said to compare them to see where they don’t contradict each other.

So either only is from God or none of them are.

Never said any of them were from God. They’re all from humans attempting to describe God.

The gift being that he was old and white with a proven political track record.

Politics isn’t just about policy, you have to appeal to enough voters to get elected if you want to implement those policies. Unfortunately, right now in the US, “kids deserve food” is a wild progressive idea.

The Bible, and the Quran, and the Vedas, and every other religious text are human attempts to describe God. None of them are going to get it quite right in every detail, but you can learn a lot by cross referencing them to see what they agree on.

It’s super useful as a tabletop GM.

It’s great for illustrations (like a character or shop interior or something) where I want to give players a gist of the vibe, but it’s not something significant enough to commission an actual artist.

It’s also great for generating story beats, NPCs, names, encounters. Generally I make a lot of changes, but I’m way better at modifying something that exists than coming up with something out of thin air, so it works well for me.

The important factor is that I use it purely for entertainment content. Confidently incorrect misinformation isn’t really a problem for strictly fictional applications.

The prevalence in non-fictional, non-entertainment applications is somewhat concerning.

Garage?

The only book I’ve ever reread was The Illuminatus Trilogy, and I’ve reread it twice. I give out copies of that one too.

Is there a term for when a pun just winds up being etymology?

The show gets boring very suddenly, then equally suddenly gets great again. Turns out, Lynch left the show for that exact period.

I compulsively buy copies of Prometheus Rising so I have them on hand to distribute to interesting people.

Anything else by Wilson would probably be a more productive starting place.

So I dipped my toe in the PUA pipeline, back when it was called PUA. The ethos actually makes a couple decent points.

One is that it’s a numbers game. A quality relationship is based on compatibility. Compatibility is based on lots of things, but the more people you meet the more likely you are to find someone of higher compatibility.

So mostly you just gotta get out there and meet people. You can do that via apps, you can do that via hobbies, but you just gotta get out there and interact with people.

Another part of that is accepting that not every interaction is going to end in true love. Ironically, putting less importance on any individual encounter makes you respond more attractively in general.

Accept that whatever encounter you’re in won’t end in a romantic partner, and that’s fine, you can just hang out and have fun. You’ll be more likely to stumble upon people who dig your vibe and want to know you better.

Obsess over particular individuals, and you’re certain to drive them away, and also scare off any real prospects.

Chill out and have no expectations.

Ignoring the AI part, since it doesn’t even know it’s gaslighting you.

Maybe read some Buckminster Fuller. He opined to some length about trends in real-world changes.

Isaac Asimov as well, just for a general sense of the approach.

But overall probabilities are kinda arbitrary when applied to specific events. They work fine for a whole lot of similar events (e.g. pulling colored marbles out of a bag) but they don’t really have any tangible meaning for unique events. Either you guess wrong or you guess right.

If you want to predict future events, you need to have a good grasp on current events, past events, and systemic behavior in general. There isn’t one methodology that yields results generally. You need to tailor your approach to suit each prediction.

That’s not something you can learn from one book, course, or series of exercises. It relies on broad scholarship.

Depends on how realistic your expectations are for yourself.

If your comparison is aspirational, identifying places where others succeed so you can figure out how to adopt their methods yourself, it can be quite beneficial.

If you’re not adopting an active-improvement mindset, and you’re essentially just dick-measuring, then yeah you’re eventually gonna be miserable. There’s always a bigger dick.

This is a scam.

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I don’t get it, would this not have happened if they’d followed some other path?