North America splits from Europe causing diverging evolutionary lines. Over millions of years, the modern-day Europe (Eurasian plate) and North America (North American Plate) separated during the final breakup of Pangaea in the early Cenozoic Era. This split is a later part of that breakup and created the North Atlantic Ocean.
Wisdom Builder
Three Tidbit Stories
MODE:
4. Math Theory.
3 random tidbit stories in about 3 minutes.
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4. Math Theory Story.
56 Million BCE
I wrote that 4. Math Theory Story,
and posted it to TST 5 years ago.
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4. Math Theory Term.
You have many ideas you believe and a bunch you don’t. Then there are the things in between. Those are your agnostic beliefs.
The definition:
An agnostic position on a speculative idea does not pretend certainty.
Chapter 11 of 30 Philosophers defines the agnostic view.
“Agnostics assert that it is impossible to either prove or disprove certain claims, such as the existence of unicorns, ghosts, or Valhalla.”
In common terms, agnosticism is a restraint: a way of saying, “I do not know enough to call this true or false.”
While there are many defined types of agnosticism, in my writing, there are only two: agnostic and explorative. An explorative agnostic withholds certainty, but explores. An apathetic agnostic does not engage in the topic. This matters because not all uncertainty is the same.
A person can be agnostic about one claim, a skeptic on another, and a believer on yet another. That’s agnosticism in practice. For example, a person might be agnostic about Valhalla and demons. They might be skeptical of astrology’s truth claims, but may still enjoy it as personality language.
Pragmatism, by contrast, describes the broader worldview lens. The pragmatic types are the lenses a person can use to interpret the world.
Pragmatism calibrates your worldview lens, while agnosticism focuses your lens away from a specific topic.
For me, I try to live as an empirical pragmatist. On specific topics, I calibrate. For example, on string theory, I remain exploratively agnostic and find the topic fascinating. On ghosts, I’m an apathetic agnostic with a skeptical lean. When I encounter a new mystery, I use OVM to examine the believer, empiricist, and skeptic views on the topic. I then return to my empirical-pragmatic worldview for calibration. Calibration helps me decide how much confidence a topic deserves.
I wrote that 4. Math Theory Term,
and posted it to TST 2 months ago.
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4. Math Theory Story.
circa 7500 BCE
Europe/Mediterranean Agrarian Society
Earliest known agrarian society in the Europe/Mediterranean zone: The Sesklo culture in Greece is recognized for its early adoption of agriculture, including the cultivation of cereals and legumes, and domestication of animals. This Neolithic culture is noted for its distinctive pottery and advanced housing architecture, reflecting significant societal organization.
Imagined image: The Sesklo Culture village around 7400 BCE, featuring sturdy mud-brick houses with thatched roofs, organized around a communal area, set in a lush, agriculturally rich landscape. This early Neolithic settlement in Greece exemplifies one of Europe’s first transitions to a settled, agrarian lifestyle.
I wrote that 4. Math Theory Story,
and posted it to TST 2 years ago.