Grooks @Grooks4
A fan of the Danish poet (and mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and game creator) Piet Hein and his Grooks Funen, Denmark Joined May 2017-
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Fanatics may defend a point of view so strongly as to prove it can’t be true.
Coin-tossing.....called in mathematics a 'Bernoulli trial', as a way of understanding your own subconscious mind was suggested by Sigmund Freud. Explained below in a "grook" (or poem) by mathematician Piet Hien:
The Miracle of Spring We glibly talk of nature's laws, But do things have a natural cause? Black earth turned into yellow crocus Is undiluted hocus-pocus. - Piet Hien🇩🇰
Set in the Present xkcd.com/2384/ m.xkcd.com/2384/
There's a rule for proper doses in the dinner-eater's lore: one should stop the filling process whike one still has room for more. And if someone at the table had reminded me before — Hallelujah! I'd be able to absorb a little more.
Small people often overrate the charm of being tall; which is, that you appreciate the charm of being small.
I'd like to know what this whole show is all about before it's out.
Losing one glove is certainly painful, but nothing compared to the pain of losing 1, throwing away the other, & finding the first 1 again.
You draw the near things nearer by making clear things queerer.
Everything's either concave or -vex, so whatever you dream will be something with sex.
There is one peace of mind that stayeth whichever maze one strayeth in; it's ever yours if you're but faith- ful to what you have faith in.
Life is a bottomless jungle-growth where undreamt-of spirits roam. Heaven and Hell, I have been to both — and managed to feel at home.
Double doors are justified because they're comfortably wide. Therefore you only half undo 'em; and therefore nothing can get through 'em.
Those who can write have a lot to learn from those bright enough not to.
Idiots are really one hundred percent when they are also intelligent.
Thinking gives a lot of pain. Talking doesn't cost a thing. Therefore, rest your weary brain and give your tongue a fling.
@xkcdComic You can take a baby aspirin but you should never give a baby aspirin. And if you find anything labeled "baby aspirin," check the expiration.
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Problems worthy of attack Prove their worth by fighting back
When your thoughts are few if any, do not let your words be many.
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