the past must be forgiven, for if it is not, then it is infinite.
forgiving the past does not void the present, and does free it.
without a free present, the future's mutations will be ineffective.
vengeance begets itself, and is difficult to deviate from; one must.
(these or similar have been expressed much before.)

the legend is dead. long live his legend.
https://www.eonline.com/news/961989/lazytown-star-stefan-karl-stefansson-dead-at-43-after-cancer-battle

ok, listen up: if you were reprimanded by a moderator, you may not go to that moderator's profile and spread your activity to their posts (without their permission). in every future instance, any member here who attempts to stalk a mod in even the slightest way will immediately be banned.

so it seems i've been preceded yet again: my "eschumption" has turned out to be another way of looking at karl popper's ideas, especially the probability of scientific knowledge.
here's my most recent post about the eschumption: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AlbertRipple/posts/ZXnjmXhW8Z7
and here's a video about popper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X8Xfl0JdTQ

having the government regulate the economy is like using a wrench to tighten a nut.
having the government regulate expression is like using a wrench to turn your head.

the separation between business and the public is necessary and good for creating and distributing our products and services, but they still need to have some direct accountability to some entity under the public's control.

unlike business, the creators and distributors of ideas are already easily accountable to the public, because they are every member of the public. at best, involving the government would be superfluous, and at worst, tyrannical.

wonder how much longer i'm gonna stay on this site, and if i might close my account at some point in the future

fucking hell.
https://www.change.org/p/iceland-pm-office-place-a-statue-of-actor-stef%C3%A1n-karl-stef%C3%A1nsson-in-his-hometown-of-hafnarfj%C3%B6r%C3%B0ur-iceland-stefan-karl-stefansson/u/23170022

last night i found out that i have yet another precession (an idea i'd had which turned out to've already been made), this one's official name being Mathematical Monism:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_universe_hypothesis

this is a complete masterpiece, even better than its original. can't stop listening to it. can't wait for the next sequel!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndiNMhM9f7I