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Worth sharing: "What is love?" "The total absence of fear." "What is it that we fear?" "Love." (De Mello)

• SamUK96 10y ago
  Mathematical break down of that: let x = love; let y = fear; let z = lack of fear. This statement is basically saying: x = z; y = x; => y = z; => We fear the lack of fear. Sorry but that quote is basically 90% redundant, with x ("love") being a trivial parametric, eliminatable variable.
  • zelias 10y ago
    Your comment is proof that it's next to impossible to reduce the nature of the human condition down to ironclad mathematical concepts.
    • qohen 10y ago
      Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/55/ https://xkcd.com/55/
  • swombat 10y ago
    It will make sense to you some day - hopefully :-) Logic is just one of the ways humans think. And often enough not the most powerful, because it is based on abstractions that are arbitrary artefacts of our minds.