Notices by Leon P Smith (leon_p_smith@ioc.exchange)

@philpem @jonathan @drewdevault

On the other hand, _some_ of the "ground" rules are incredibly inane and counterproductive. Not all, by any means.

I do agree that we cannot tolerate (most cases of) intolerance.

@drewdevault @philpem @jonathan Soft Rejection is in my estimation way too overused in US Culture. It's certainly warranted in a few circumstances, but it's also fetishicised by popular culture, and almost never leaves any room for reconciliation.

I mean, not all people are seeking reconciliation, and sometime total estrangement is the appropriate and necessary course of action, but it's also an option that in my estimation is too eagerly chosen in modern society.

Why can't we recognize and uplift each other's humanity? Why can't we find a way to use shame to bring reconciliation instead of fuel for estrangement?

@drewdevault @philpem @jonathan

Personally, odor hasn't been a huge or recurrent problem for me, but you do realize that most (everybody?) sincerely aren't capable of smelling themselves?

I've certainly remember the smells of classmates who probably don't deserve such a memory.

Not to mention that any memory of body odor has a natural advantage for rememberance, at least for most people.

The question I think is most ciritical, is how do you extend grace to others?

@inthehands then you have the connections between number theory and relativity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnS4hduP5xg

Is that connection relevant to anything? Probably, but I have no idea how.

@inthehands I've collected some notes about how I stumbled into this curiosity here:

https://github.com/constructive-symmetry/constructive-symmetry/blob/master/T002_Tools_of_Math_Construction/Part03_Aggregate_Theory.md