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Clock This: Discovering Eternal Structure in a World That Never Repeats

Mar 10, 2026

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Mark Tracy Imagine living in a world where patterns repeat in a meaningful sense—but never in exactly the same way. The Sun rises every day.The Moon goes through phases.The seasons return each year. But if you look closely, these cycles do not line up perfectly. The lunar month does not divide evenly into the year.…
The Foundations of Love: A Journey Through Mystery, Privacy, and Separation

Nov 18, 2024

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“In order to have love, you must have separation. In order to have separation, you must have privacy. In order to have privacy, there must be mystery. In order to have mystery, there must be assertion and doubt.” This cascading truth offers a profound insight into the architecture of love, tracing its roots through interdependent…
Dissection: On Good Friday and Doing Science

Mar 29, 2024

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DissectionGod gave himself up to our dissection.An ultimate openness; a kenosis.“Leaves don’t exist as such”—sure.But can there be such a house with no foundation?Can there be haecceity all the way down?Things evolve at random when there’s nothing at stake;but what strange trajectories mine have!And when does the bread I eat become me?Where does it become…
Methodologies to Memorize, Part 2: The Scientific Method and Mathematical Proof

Feb 13, 2024

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In my daily life, I encounter a lot of anxiety over feeling that I need to memorize material. I seek to overcome my use-it-or-lose-it memory system by sheer force, by clinging desperately onto concepts, only to find that after a certain amount of time I can no longer recall the concept perfectly. The idea behind…
Methodologies to Memorize, Part 1: Generating Theory and Critical Reading

Feb 12, 2024

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In my daily life, I encounter a lot of anxiety over feeling that I need to memorize material. I seek to overcome my use-it-or-lose-it memory system by sheer force, by clinging desperately onto concepts, only to find that after a certain amount of time I can no longer recall the concept perfectly. The idea behind…

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Clock This: Discovering Eternal Structure in a World That Never Repeats

The Foundations of Love: A Journey Through Mystery, Privacy, and Separation

Dissection: On Good Friday and Doing Science

Methodologies to Memorize, Part 2: The Scientific Method and Mathematical Proof

Methodologies to Memorize, Part 1: Generating Theory and Critical Reading