Re: The Joy of *small* business

On 12/23/24 4:05 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 23/12/2024 04:42, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

I'll agree, because it suits me, that it's likely what
   happened - but really truly PROVING it and the underlying
   factors is gonna be difficult to the EXTREME.

 The point that philosophy makes, is not that proving it is extreme, but that ultimately it is impossible.
 And that changes the game *completely*.
 One is not selecting the truth from the possible, one is selecting something that works OK from stuff that doesn't work very well,. No matter how attractive
 With no hope of ever arriving at 'The Truth'

   What WORRIES me is that we've reached The Point
   so SOON after sci/tech really took off ... we
   are already at the limits of purely human IQ
   for solving the multiplying puzzles and issues.
   Oh well, I can always learn Sumerian basket-weaving
   craft .......
   Tonight and the next day or two I'm trying to
   actively avoid "Christmas Movies" on the tube
   (ok, flat panel these days). It's NOT easy !
   Did find "Cloverfield" and "Pacific Rim" ...
   Skipped past the channel telling me the Antikithera
   Mechanism was sure-nuf alien tech  :-)
   I do like to run the tube all the time - even if
   I'm not really paying attention. It's kinda 'noise'
   that keeps SOME little part of the brain occupied
   better than, say, music. Overnight - Bloomberg
   Financial blathering ......