So I woke up this morning just now with this thought that the incessant need to prove that I am special as an identity (to stand out) is because I sold out my uniqueness to begin with. And I was looking at my life, how I have been doing all these things to prove that ‘I’ am special, all starting from this fundamental error of becoming a group member to begin with and thus being ‘lost in the sea of others’. So here I am contemplating all this and scrolling through Facebook to be faced with the most perfect example of what I am trying to comprehend 
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I just saw this and thought how weird that a theory can apparently be discovered? Isn’t it a fact that can be discovered and a theory is generated.
I was watching some science podcast and they mentioned that nowadays in science what we call a theory is called a hypothesis, whereas they take a theory to have some kind of universal truth/facticity to it already.
I guess the point is that the accepted theories are accepted because they can be used to practically predict things, yet it seems there is like a ‘jump’ that is done here, that at this point it apparently becomes some ‘truth’ implying it to be a fact, that can be discovered ‘out there’.
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Haha I think this is meant as some accolade but it makes me wonder about the nature of these ‘discoveries’.
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Wow! I was reading about the experiments of Thompson yesterday.
There are actual experiments. Cathode ray tubes. All of the initial experiments of Thompson pre-date quantum physics.
I’ve been reading a bit about “electron tunneling microscopy” because it was something I had discussed with Richard.
The principle of “electron tunneling” is used in CPUs, either to avoid it or to encourage it. As far as I can tell, atomic structures are actual.
Although we can’t directly “see” atoms, we can get really close with optical nanosphere microscopy. Down to 20nm. The average atom is between 0.5 and 1 nm. So, not that close, but closing in on molecules at least.
Oops I just realised this is in the wrong thread, should be combating the wisdom of the real world, but hey they are more or less the same thing
So funnily enough I’ve been contemplating all this stuff this morning and then I come across this article on Facebook about scientists being potentially wrong about the Big Bang because they just keep finding galaxies out there that are way more mature than they should be. So of course their approach is the below… They may require new particles and forces to account for this observation, I wonder who will ‘discover’ those 
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One massive sunk cost fallacy. 
@Kub933, do you want us to move these posts to the right thread?
ETA: Moved it. Happy real worlding 
It’s hilarious how superior, people with kids feel for having submitted to society’s demand for producing more minions
The more I read, see n experience such, the more I realize that its more likely that the good is a bigger crippler and fooler than the bad
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I remember watching this scene in the matrix and thinking that is exactly how the ‘self’ feels. Repulsed by the physical, by the stench of that which is material, looking for an escape into some formless realm.
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Hugo Weaving is the best. The way he pronounces certain words is such a pleasure to listen to.
“immediately” = imedjiedley 
They really start ‘em young!
We all start young. Mimicking the opinions and attitudes of those around us.
We do for sure but it’s equally fascinating how much of who we are is already baked in. I love how kids, for example, need to win all the time. And they truly believe that they beat you no matter how impossible it would be for a grown adult to lose to a 4-10 year old.
Haha, I lose to my kids (ages between 6 and 12) all the time on things so it is definitely not impossible. 
Can’t have beauty without pathos…
"No piece of art has ever emotionally affected me the way this robot arm piece has. It’s programmed to try to contain the hydraulic fluid that’s constantly leaking out and required to keep itself running…if too much escapes, it will die so it’s desperately trying to pull it back to continue to fight for another day. Saddest part is they gave the robot the ability to do these ‘happy dances’ to spectators. When the project was first launched it danced around spending most of its time interacting with the crowd since it could quickly pull back the small spillage. Many years later… (as you see it now in the video) it looks tired and hopeless as there isn’t enough time to dance anymore… It now only has enough time to try to keep itself alive as the amount of leaked hydraulic fluid became unmanageable as the spill grew over time. Living its last days in a never-ending cycle between sustaining life and simultaneously bleeding out… (Figuratively and literally as its hydraulic fluid was purposefully made to look like it’s actual blood).
“The robot arm finally ran out of hydraulic fluid in 2019, slowly came to a halt and died - And I am now tearing up over a friggin robot arm 
It was programmed to live out this fate and no matter what it did or how hard it tried, there was no escaping it. Spectators watched as it slowly bled out until the day that it ceased to move forever. Saying that ‘this resonates’ doesn’t even do it justice imo. Created by Sun Yuan & Peng Yu, they named the piece, ‘Can’t Help Myself’. What a masterpiece. What a message.”
Extended interpretations: the hydraulic fluid in relation to how we kill ourselves both mentally and physically for money just in an attempt to sustain life, how the system is set up for us to fail on purpose to essentially enslave us and to steal the best years of our lives to play the game that the richest people of the world have designed. How this robs us of our happiness, passion and our inner peace. How we are slowly drowning with more responsibilities, with more expected of us, less rewarding pay-offs and less free time to enjoy ourselves with as the years go by. How there’s really no escaping the system and that we were destined at birth to follow a pretty specific path that was already laid out before us. How we can give and give and give and how easily we can be forgotten after we’ve gone… How we are loved and respected when we are valuable, then one day we aren’t any longer and we become a burden…and how our young, free-caring spirit gets stolen from us as we get churned out of the broken system that we are trapped inside of. Can also be seen to represent the human life cycle and the fact that none of us make it out of this world alive. But also can act as a reminder to allow yourself to heal, rest and love with all of your heart. That the endless chase for ‘more’ isn’t necessary in finding your own inner happiness.”
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video games?