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Three Tidbit Stories

Computer Science.

3 random tidbit stories in about 3 minutes.

1.

Computer Science Story.

~2.2 Billion years ago (+/- 200 million)
Oxygen-respiring bacteria diversify

~2.4–2.0 BYA → Aerobic metabolism expands

  • Oxygen-respiring bacteria diversify

  • Major proteobacterial radiations

 


That Computer Science Story, 

was first published on TST 4 months ago.

2.

Computer Science Story.

3.4 Million Years Ago
cognitive sequencing + motor precision + future modeling

Simple wood tools starting with picking up a stick to poke at some out of reach fruit likely paralleled the use of stone tools. Wood tools for the most part did not survive the test of time. The earliest so far include advanced javelins from 400,000 years ago and a digging tool from 780,000 years ago.

 


That Computer Science Story, 

was first published on TST 2 years ago.

3.

Computer Science Story.

Your idea of "self" does not exist.

30 Phil, Chapter 6, Buddhism, Touchstone 15: Illusion: Self and Non-self.

The Buddhist terms of Atman and Anatman relate to the idea of “Self,” or “Atman,” your eternal soul and the Buddhist doctrine of “Non-Self,” or “Anātman.” To understand non-self, you have to understand the concept of “emptiness,” which refers to the idea that nothing lasts forever. “Non-self” says what we consider our “self” does not exist. What we perceive as an unchanging “self” or “soul,” is actually a collection of ever-changing physical and mental components, such as form, sensations, perceptions, mental formations, and consciousness. There is no enduring “I,” existing independently of these aggregates.

 


That Computer Science Story, 

was first published on TST 2 years ago.

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