The real question is, how do you raise your kids so they don't turn into the next Pete Buttigieg?

    • Wheaties [she/her]
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      15 hours ago

      Gravity and time select for stable patterns in the configuration of matter.

        • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]
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          14 hours ago

          because unstable patterns break apart when met with random and wild phenomena. In a universe full of so much chaos, stable patterns are the only patterns that don't break apart.

          why?

          because their cohesion is stronger than the forces trying to break them apart

          why?

          these patterns build upon themselves and create a collection of energy that works together that is more than chaos can muster

          why?

          because chaotic energy isn't going to be cohesive and collect enough force to beat a stable pattern

          why?

          because if chaotic energy were so cohesive and structures, it would be a stable pattern and thus, not chaotic. Chaos, is by definition, an unstable pattern

          why?

          because it is an axiomatic definition of chaos

          why?

          because if we are to talk about this subject, we need definitions to work with

          why?

          because the amount of information being passed from me to you would be negligible unless we can use a common language

          why?

          because without common words, you wouldn't be able to understand anything I'm trying to say

          why?

          because information needs to be encoded before it can transfer from my brain to yours

          why?

          because only I am able to see into my internal consciousness

          why?

          because consciousness, as it is conventionally understood, is a solo venture

          why?

          because a star exploded and deposited heavy elements into a massive disk, which slowly formed into planets.

        • Wheaties [she/her]
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          15 hours ago

          That last, eternal "why?" that's where God goes. Now shut up, luv, i'm trying to watch the telly