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If what we profess is not an organic part of our understanding, we are likely to profess it with vehemence and intolerance. Intolerance is the “Do Not Touch” sign on something that cannot bear touching. We do not mind having our hair ruffled, but we will not tolerate any familiarity with the toupee which covers our baldness.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 62 (1955)

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Compassion’s COMPASS 7h ago

Compassionate insight integrates heart and mind, www.compassmethods.com. https://youtube.com/@compassionscompass-sb7jo?si=wmxLvmcRBAro6kTK #mentalhealth #love #understanding #compassion #wisdom

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Alive in Christ 22h ago

Join us as we explore the disciples' confusion with Jesus' message! Witness Philip and Andrew's bewildered reactions and delve into the deeper meaning behind Jesus' words. Discover how our understanding evolves over time. #BibleStudy #Jesus #Disciples #BibleStudy #Jesus #Disciples #Faith #Christianity #Gospel #Scripture #Theology #SpiritualGrowth #Understanding

WIST Quotations 1d ago

A quotation from Montaigne

I gladly return to the subject of the ineptitude of our education. Its goal has been to make us not good or wise, but learned; it has attained this goal. It has not taught us to follow and embrace virtue and wisdom, but has imprinted in us their derivation and etymology. We know how to decline virtue, if we cannot love it. If we do not know what wisdom is by practice and experience, we know it by jargon and by rote.

[Je retombe volontiers sur ce discours de l’ineptie de nostre institution : Elle a eu pour sa fin, de nous faire, non bons & sages, mais sçavans : elle y est arrivée. Elle ne nous a pas appris de suyvre & embrasser la vertu & la prudence : mais elle nous en a imprimé la derivation & l’etymologie. Nous sçavons decliner vertu, si nous ne sçavons l’aymer. Si nous ne sçavons que c’est que prudence par effect, & par experience, nous le sçavons par jargon & par cœur.]

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
Essay (1578), “Of Presumption [De la Presomption], Essays, Book 2, ch. 17 (2.17) (1595) [tr. Frame (1943)]

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Philo Sophies 1d ago

#Zoomposium with Prof. Dr. #Arieh #Ben-#Naim: “#Enchantment of #Entropy”

He assumes that we need a new basic #understanding of the #phenomenon of entropy. In Arieh's view, entropy, which originally stems from the 2nd #main #theorem of #thermodynamics, has been misused and incorrectly transferred as a #concept to other areas of #physics, #biology and everyday #life.

or: https://youtu.be/Km88EreH4A8

Zoomposium mit Arieh Ben-Naim: "Entzauberung der Entropie"

Zoomposium mit Arieh Ben-Naim: "Entzauberung der Entropie", das ein neues Licht auf die Entropie wirft und ihren Mythos entzaubert

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Ron Piggott 1d ago

What Makes A Good Friend Answer #28: Celebrating and being accepting of your differences https://rons-home.net/en/living-life-lab/personal-growth/what-makes-a-good-friend/answer-of-the-day/2025/04/16 #acknowledge #understanding #heart-felt

Answer #28 :: Answer Of The Day :: What Makes A Good Friend :: Personal Growth :: Living Life Lab :: Ron's Home

Are you ready for some introspective time? Read our What Makes A Good Friend answer of the day.

Lesbiykastrong 2d ago

Tenderness is our language ✨ We don't have to be alike to love. 🌸💜
#tenderness #languageOfLove #love #understanding #differentButLove #heart #flowers #loveIsLove

💧🌏 Greg Cocks 2d ago

Understanding Geological Time With Associate Professor Stijn Glorie [video]
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“A/Prof Stijn Glorie is a geochronologist at University of Adelaide who uses radio-isotope decay to date rocks, revealing Earth’s evolution and aiding insights into mountains, ores, and climate-tectonics links…”
#geology #time #learning #education #dating #age #epochs #understanding #rocks #structuralgeology #Quaternary #conception

Understanding geological time with Associate Professor Stijn Glorie

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Hacker News 2d ago

Understanding Aggregate Trends for Apple Intelligence Using Differential Privacy

https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/differential-privacy-aggregate-trends

#HackerNews #Understanding #Aggregate #Trends #for #Apple #Intelligence #Using #Differential #Privacy

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Understanding Aggregate Trends for Apple Intelligence Using Differential Privacy

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Z 3d ago

...not a single one of us is " #selfmade " ...and if that was the requirement for life, none of us would be here.

cos if we had to hold our forms and functions together based on our own #understanding of how all that works....we would all instantly cease to exist...💨