Tell me about interesting things

[White Swan]

Tell me interesting things you have read/watched/heard/thought. (Books, movies, websites, figures, quotes, eras, ideas, etc.)

It doesn't have to be strictly "intellectual", just anything that got you thinking, or aides in your learning, or plays a role in your worldview, or inspires you. Even interesting vocabulary you have recently heard. It's a free for all.

I'm building curriculum which I don't want to be limited to only what I happen to know about, and I'm also just curious about you guys, so any contribution is appreciated.

[Colonel Frank Grimes]

Here are my three favorite films.







Three favorite books

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_and_Punishment

The Illuminatus! Triology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illuminatus!_Trilogy

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Cold_Blood

[Hexachordia]

I think it is not war that can truly destroy a nation, but the economic and cultural policies. I do not think this war can really weaken Russia, so using the war to weaken Russia is an ideological trap. I can tell you that Zelensky`s real plan is not retrieving the lands, but to occupy Russia. In near future, the war danger between China and Japan is larger than between China and the USA， if no, China and Japan will become allies.

[Sheppey]

Tell me interesting things you have read/watched/heard/thought. (Books, movies, websites, figures, quotes, eras, ideas, etc.)

It doesn't have to be strictly "intellectual", just anything that got you thinking, or aides in your learning, or plays a role in your worldview, or inspires you. Even interesting vocabulary you have recently heard. It's a free for all.

I'm building curriculum which I don't want to be limited to only what I happen to know about, and I'm also just curious about you guys, so any contribution is appreciated.

The only thing that separates mathemeticians from the rest of intellectual society is that mathematicians know that that all maths can be derived from a few fundamental axioms and that aesthetics are the driving force of mathematics or mathematicians : to call a mathematician's work "elegant" is the highest praise you can give him.

[Sheppey]

One thing the American defense establishment has traditionally understood very well is that countries don’t win wars just by being braver than the other side, or freer, or slightly preferred by God. The winners are usually the guys who get 5% fewer of their planes shot down, or use 5% less fuel, or get 5% more nutrition into their infantry at 95% of the cost. That’s not the stuff war movies are made of, but it’s the stuff wars are made of. And there’s math every step of the way.--Jordan Ellenberg

[Dick]

Elon rebranded Twitter on the 24th of July. the 24th letter is X, 24th letter in the Greek alphabet is Omega. He gave the hint back in the so-called month of the Roman god Janus this year.





Astrology symbol for Jupiter

[Incal]

WhatsApp is the first messaging app that can be used by illiterate people, that's why it's so popular in Africa, India and other third world places.

[Dick]

Disco is demonic. Pop music for the masses in general is demonic.




Baphomet pose

[Dick]

[White Swan]

96 months is 8 years; with this being published in 2009, what significance does the year 2017 hold?