NullVector Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 23 hours ago, DeltaV said: Was you getting into fights with bullies adhering to the Stoic ideal? Back then I was young: I hadn't read the Stoics yet, or completed the ritual of Kolinahr (I also seem to recall Spock getting into quite a few fights with bullies in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot ) 23 hours ago, DeltaV said: Yes, I agree, of course willpower and mental disciplines aren't fixed resources. But they're often unspokenly assumed to come in huge supplies right from the start. True dat. People are often implicitly expected to rely on 'pure willpower' to fix a problem - as if that 'resource' would just be both magically avaible and inexhaustible from the outset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NullVector Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 4 hours ago, Untamed Heart said: I do try and have a 'pale blue dot' attitude sometimes - in the grand scheme of things, nothing matters, as we're on a tiny speck in the middle of space... but it doesn't really work! I actually used to find it helpful to stare at images like this one when I was feeling overwhelmed. Even the tiniest patches of sky are teeming with thousands of galaxies; pretty amazing to think about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaAro Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 15 hours ago, NullVector said: (I also seem to recall Spock getting into quite a few fights with bullies in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot ) Just another example of J.J. Abram's films carelessly breaking the canon. *making a serious facial expression* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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