(conti.) #Theophrastus is right and philosophically sound, to say that the #sin committed out of #pleasure deserves a harsher rebuke than the one committed out of #pain.
#meditations #marcusaurelius

In comparing sins, #Theophrastus says that the ones committed out of #desire are worse than the ones committed out of #anger. The angry man seems to turn his back on reason. But the man motivated by desire, is mastered by pleasure.

Intense focusing on a task can make people effectively blind, even to stimuli that normally attract attention. The most dramatic demonstration was offered by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons in their book 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘎𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢

The difficulties of statistical thinking contribute to puzzling limitation of our mind: our excessive confidence in what we believe we know, and our apparent inability to acknowledge the full extent of our ignorance. We are prone to overestimate how much we understand #thinkingfastandslow

Pakistan's missile program is an "emerging threat" to the United States, claims Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer.
Accompanied by unprecedented sanctions on a Pakistani-state owned enterprise -- the 7th round of sanctions in 4 years

What’s the point of my existence? Why was I born, and born in a family, creed and culture? Is mere existence worth celebrating?

#ghalib
daboya mujh ko hone ne
na hota mien to kya hota

A great geo-political/strategic talk, unfortunately in Urdu though. Worth listening to Hussain Nadim, Professor George Washington University

“If a diplomat says yes, he means maybe. If he says maybe, he means no. If he says no, he is no diplomat. And if a lady says no, she means maybe and if she says maybe, she means yes and if she says yes, she is no lady” - Warren Buffet

Any lady diplomats @anjamyrtveit.bsky.social

UCL study gave $50 and two choices, whether to keep $20 or lose $30. Well, isn’t it the same thing. It is in fact, in either case you keep $20 so how is it different. Based on your choice, reflects that the frame we put ourselves in changes how we perceive it.

Recovery mode after Back Yard Ultra, Islamabad has turned into a lazy mode at this point 😂 Help!

#margallatrailrunners #islamabadrunningclub #BYU #backyardultra

#Islamabad #massacre Nov 26, who won, who lost? A basic question asked by a friend. I guess humanity lost!!

how come #twitter all of a sudden is #unblocked and running without a #VPN in Pakistan. Did someone somewhere press a wrong button 🫣

Thinking out loud “how we have to deploy Army to rescue entrenched establishment from it’s own people of Pakistan” #pakistanarmy #dchowk #imrankhan