Quirky facts we've learned

[WhyCzar]

The term Black Swan refers to an unpredictable event that reshapes societies.

In fact, the term was coined after the discovery of black swans in Perth, by Dutch explorer Willem de Vlamingh in 1697.

A Black Swan event was the term that Nassim Taleb coined for events that came as a complete surprise (Taleb, 2010).

Before Willem de Vlamingh encountered a bevy of black swans in Australia in 1697 all known swans were white.

That was all swans known in the northern hemisphere of the world.

This was about 200 years before Darwin (1859) published his “Origin of Species”.

At that time the current belief was that the world has been created perfectly and therefore unchanging.

Australia just did not exist.

For people in the Northern Hemisphere world, the idea of a black swan just had never occurred to them.

Encountering a black swan was the pure Black Swan event.

Black swan events now comprise events that are a surprise for some but not for others, events that have a low likelihood, events that were not believed to be possible but still proved to be possible, events that were dismissed as being too improbable to worry about but happened anyway.

 

[Luce NDs]

Would such events be considered irregular and cause certain upset s in normal ... otherwise ordinary maintenance of things we can't speak of and thus ineffable?

A Dr. in Vancouver wrote a tome about such myths ... regarding normal things that just aren't as they appear ... like incarnate (things appearing as they are not ...) so such comprehensions depart ...

Expect disorganization ... otherwise an opposed disorder ... like PTSD!

We can only get beyond this by a great jump ... and rabbit holes ...

 

[Luce NDs]

So it goes down as settled ...

 

[Waterfall]

The term Black Swan refers to an unpredictable event that reshapes societies.

In fact, the term was coined after the discovery of black swans in Perth, by Dutch explorer Willem de Vlamingh in 1697.

A Black Swan event was the term that Nassim Taleb coined for events that came as a complete surprise (Taleb, 2010).

Before Willem de Vlamingh encountered a bevy of black swans in Australia in 1697 all known swans were white.

That was all swans known in the northern hemisphere of the world.

This was about 200 years before Darwin (1859) published his “Origin of Species”.

At that time the current belief was that the world has been created perfectly and therefore unchanging.

Australia just did not exist.

For people in the Northern Hemisphere world, the idea of a black swan just had never occurred to them.

Encountering a black swan was the pure Black Swan event.

Black swan events now comprise events that are a surprise for some but not for others, events that have a low likelihood, events that were not believed to be possible but still proved to be possible, events that were dismissed as being too improbable to worry about but happened anyway.

Stratford Ontario has had the odd black swan occasionally show up to join the white swans in the Avon River.
Another fun fact....20% of all swan couples are gay.

 

[Delightful Life]

RAINBOW SMILEY :3

 

[ninj]

Stratford Ontario has had the odd black swan occasionally show up to join the white swans in the Avon River.
Another fun fact....20% of all swan couples are gay.

Now I say this as someone from the Rainbow Community myself, I'm fairly certain that's true of the same percentage of humans in Stratford -- particularly associated with the theatre

 

[Delightful Life]

RAINBOW SMILEY

 

[WhyCzar]

Another fun fact....20% of all swan couples are gay.

 

[Luce NDs]

Stratford Ontario has had the odd black swan occasionally show up to join the white swans in the Avon River.
Another fun fact....20% of all swan couples are gay.

Sounds like to me ... it would represent a metaphor! Then in a literal world can metaphors exist? If they did would they incarnate like a god or otherwise no-god atoll ... very isolated as the Blue La Goon ... passions are like that causing blind spots!

Furthermore is not a passion a mere essence of emotional content? Can these blow over like a storm in a night of virtual blackout? A blitz ... in other words to support metaphorical existence! Creepers ...

 

[Luce NDs]

Few could respond to things that are incarnate due to the way they appear ... out of nothing? Imagine a black aul thing ...

 

[WhyCzar]

And a Goat Shall Lead Them

The term Judas goat comes from a grim but revealing practice in industrial slaughterhouses.

A single goat is trained to lead herds of sheep—or sometimes cattle—through chutes and corridors toward the killing floor.

The animals follow instinctively, trusting the guide.

At the last moment, the Judas goat steps aside, spared, while the rest are slaughtered.

It then returns to repeat the process.



The practice dates back to U.S. cattle drives in the 1800s and became more common in early 20th-century stockyards.

One of the most bizarre aspects was the reward.

Many Judas goats received cigarettes (often unfiltered Camels or Lucky Strikes) after each successful trip.

They reportedly ate the entire cigarette and developed strong nicotine addictions.

Delivering the herd beyond the point of no return, and then hustling toward a nicotine fix and a repeat performance.

 

[Delightful Life]

Ants discovered farming waaay before we did

 

[Luce NDs]

Ants discovered farming waaay before we did

If in a dark past would that be ante, or anti lite ... Christopher saw that ...