{"generator":"GNU social 2.0.2-dev","title":"Conversation","totalItems":1,"items":[{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/metapixl.com\/users\/iamnotadoctor","displayName":"Dr. Omed","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/263660-original-tmp20240605133205.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":200,"height":200},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/263660-96-20240605133205.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/263660-48-20240605133205.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/263660-24-20240605133205.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"263660"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/263660-96-20240605133205.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I'm a Pentecostal Atheist putting on a tent show revival, speaking in tongues and witnessing to the Word of not god but the Mammon of meaning\n\nOn Mastodon: https:\/\/mstdn.social\/@tinydoctor","url":"https:\/\/metapixl.com\/iamnotadoctor","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"iamnotadoctor","displayName":"Dr. Omed","note":"I'm a Pentecostal Atheist putting on a tent show revival, speaking in tongues and witnessing to the Word of not god but the Mammon of meaning\n\nOn Mastodon: https:\/\/mstdn.social\/@tinydoctor"}},"content":"Einstein (allegedly) said: \u201cWhen a blind beetle crawls over the surface of a curved branch, it doesn\u2019t notice that the track it has covered is indeed curved. I was lucky enough to notice what the beetle didn\u2019t notice.\u201d The blind beetle doesn\u2019t notice, but it has an algorithm to sort out the topology of the branch surface, and skitter away from smug physicists.<br \/> <br \/> One of the most famous apochryphal statements in annals of science was allegedly made by the evolutionary biologist J.B.S. Haldane (Jack, to his friends). When asked by a theologian or theologians what could be inferred about the mind of the Creator from the works of His Creation, Haldane replied, \u201cAn inordinate fondness for beetles.\u201d Entomologists are up to 350,000+ known species of beetles, so if there is a God, Haldane may have had something there.<br \/> <br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/metapixl.com\/discover\/tags\/graffiti?src=hash\" title=\"#graffiti\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow\">#graffiti<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/metapixl.com\/discover\/tags\/stencilart?src=hash\" title=\"#stencilart\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow\">#stencilart<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/metapixl.com\/discover\/tags\/stencilgraffiti?src=hash\" title=\"#stencilgraffiti\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow\">#stencilgraffiti<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/metapixl.com\/discover\/tags\/fakequotes?src=hash\" title=\"#fakequotes\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow\">#fakequotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/metapixl.com\/discover\/tags\/Einstein?src=hash\" title=\"#Einstein\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow\">#Einstein<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/metapixl.com\/discover\/tags\/Haldane?src=hash\" title=\"#Haldane\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow\">#Haldane<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/metapixl.com\/discover\/tags\/beetles?src=hash\" title=\"#beetles\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow\">#beetles<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/metapixl.com\/discover\/tags\/god?src=hash\" title=\"#god\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow\">#god<\/a>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-09:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/metapixl.com\/p\/iamnotadoctor\/939703047667113898","object":{"id":"https:\/\/metapixl.com\/p\/iamnotadoctor\/939703047667113898","objectType":"note","content":"Einstein (allegedly) said: \u201cWhen a blind beetle crawls over the surface of a curved branch, it doesn\u2019t notice that the track it has covered is indeed curved. I was lucky enough to notice what the beetle didn\u2019t notice.\u201d The blind beetle doesn\u2019t notice, but it has an algorithm to sort out the topology of the branch surface, and skitter away from smug physicists.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nOne of the most famous apochryphal statements in annals of science was allegedly made by the evolutionary biologist J.B.S. Haldane (Jack, to his friends). When asked by a theologian or theologians what could be inferred about the mind of the Creator from the works of His Creation, Haldane replied, \u201cAn inordinate fondness for beetles.\u201d Entomologists are up to 350,000+ known species of beetles, so if there is a God, Haldane may have had something there.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/metapixl.com\/discover\/tags\/graffiti?src=hash\" title=\"#graffiti\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow\">#graffiti<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/metapixl.com\/discover\/tags\/stencilart?src=hash\" title=\"#stencilart\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow\">#stencilart<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/metapixl.com\/discover\/tags\/stencilgraffiti?src=hash\" title=\"#stencilgraffiti\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow\">#stencilgraffiti<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/metapixl.com\/discover\/tags\/fakequotes?src=hash\" title=\"#fakequotes\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow\">#fakequotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/metapixl.com\/discover\/tags\/Einstein?src=hash\" title=\"#Einstein\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow\">#Einstein<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/metapixl.com\/discover\/tags\/Haldane?src=hash\" title=\"#Haldane\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow\">#Haldane<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/metapixl.com\/discover\/tags\/beetles?src=hash\" title=\"#beetles\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow\">#beetles<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/metapixl.com\/discover\/tags\/god?src=hash\" title=\"#god\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow\">#god<\/a>","url":"https:\/\/metapixl.com\/p\/iamnotadoctor\/939703047667113898","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"beetles"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"einstein"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"fakequotes"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"god"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"graffiti"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"haldane"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"stencilart"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"stencilgraffiti"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-18:objectType=thread:nonce=a195a6bbfd31353f","notice_info":{"local_id":"12307906","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-18T02:07:47+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/metapixl.com\/p\/iamnotadoctor\/939703047667113898"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6245637","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}