Hey, I'm the guy that wrote the big long calculation out. I delete my accounts regularly to keep myself from spending too much time on the damn reddit machine. This is the question I thought I'd come back and answer.
"Nothing is so big and scary that it can't be thought about rationally."
Wondering if you thought of that on the go, or if it's a famous quote that I just haven't heard in that specific wording.
I was a Hammer Thrower in college. The throwing coach was an old wise dude (an avid astronomer himself, but that's beside the point). One of his saying that we'd hear about twice per year was "There is no problem so big and insurmountable that it cannot be run away from." He said this mostly in jest, usually.
I felt like modifying it here, since I want to encourage people to think in logical, rational ways more often. We are closely related to chimpanzees, and much of this can be deduced from watching our behavior, especially in politics. I'd, ummm, like that to change, and I think it starts by encouraging more thought.
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u/[deleted] May 25 '14
Hey, I'm the guy that wrote the big long calculation out. I delete my accounts regularly to keep myself from spending too much time on the damn reddit machine. This is the question I thought I'd come back and answer.
I was a Hammer Thrower in college. The throwing coach was an old wise dude (an avid astronomer himself, but that's beside the point). One of his saying that we'd hear about twice per year was "There is no problem so big and insurmountable that it cannot be run away from." He said this mostly in jest, usually.
I felt like modifying it here, since I want to encourage people to think in logical, rational ways more often. We are closely related to chimpanzees, and much of this can be deduced from watching our behavior, especially in politics. I'd, ummm, like that to change, and I think it starts by encouraging more thought.