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It’s almost like God made the universe in such a way that we could know definitively that He is creative, faithful, and good.
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I’m stealing this whole illustration!!! 🤓
And in other news, water is wet.
Fatherhood (and motherhood), and the committed marriage that brings them about, are far away the best things this often sad and dark world have to offer. Kids are simply the best!
News flash for the manosphere: married dads report the happiest, most meaningful lives of any men. cc @RationalMale @Cobratate @pearlythingz
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Chemistry is the worst predictor of long-term relationship success and dating apps spent 15 years optimizing for it.
John Gottman ran a 40-year couples research program out of the University of Washington. The original study tracked 130 newlyweds and predicted divorce with 93.6% accuracy from observing a single 15-minute disagreement. The variable doing the predicting is contempt frequency. Eye rolls. Sarcastic corrections. Dismissive sighs during conflict.
Stable couples maintain a 5:1 ratio of positive to negative interactions during disagreement. Below 1:1, divorce becomes statistically near-certain.
Six years after the wedding, couples who stayed together turned toward each other's bids for attention 86% of the time. Couples who divorced did it 33% of the time. The behavior is tiny: asking a question, sharing a thought, looking up when the other person walks in. The signal is enormous.
Chemistry measures novelty response and dopamine. It captures how someone behaves when both of you are excited and the lighting is good. By month 18 neither condition holds. Then the predictive behaviors finally surface: how they treat you when they're tired, sick, or losing an argument.
Dating apps optimize for the metric with the lowest predictive validity in the entire field. Attraction is what gets you to swipe. Contempt patterns don't show up on a profile.
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One of the simplest things I do for sleep is to stop eating about 3 hours before bed.
It's something that’s supported pretty consistently in the research.
When you eat (especially a large meal), you’re activating the sympathetic nervous system... not what you want when you’re trying to wind down and get into deep, restorative sleep.
If you occasionally eat late, it’s not a big deal. But as a habit, giving yourself that 3-hour buffer can make a meaningful difference. If you do need something before bed, keep it light - something like a small protein shake rather than a heavy meal.
From my recent appearance on the Diary of a CEO podcast w/ @StevenBartlett.
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Couples who share last names & money are happier & seem less likely to divorce.
Correlational or causal?
Re: names, all we can say is there is a link.
But when it comes to money, evidence is clearer (based on recent Indiana U study):
This actually exactly correct, but probably not for the reasons Elon thinks. Engineering works because math isn’t just a contrivance. Math tells us true things about the physical world. In the words of Eugene Wigner, Nobel Prize winning theoretical physicist, “The miracle of the appropriateness of the language of mathematics for the formulation of the laws of physics is a wonderful gift which we neither understand nor deserve.”
Math, physics, and the astonishing engineering that flows from them, speak to us of the faithfulness and predictability of the God who “in the beginning” made all things and called them “very good.” In this sense, yes, “engineering is the real magic.”
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WATCH:
Artemis II pilot Victor Glover hugs Fox News host’s baby with Down syndrome, Valentina—humanizing children like her.
80% of babies with the condition are aborted in the US
This child, with an extra chromosome, is valuable and worthy of life.
Have still never voluntarily used AI. And have no plans to ever do so. I will happily die on this hill.
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The is one of the most prestigious scientific journals in the world now acknowledging the benefits of long wavelength light (red or infrared light) therapy and the fact that we are indoors more now than ever before.
For those that have had to endure scorn from fellow clinicians when talking about the benefits, this is validation. For those who still think this is woo woo, open a journal and your mind and realize that the world is passing you by. This is now the science!
A growing body of legitimate science has been exploring the benefits of red light therapy for several conditions, from ADHD, to retinal degeneration, to dermatology
go.nature.com/3NoGcbx
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If you don’t give over your intelligence to them in the first place you will not have to buy it back. You do not need what they are selling. You need your own mind and body and friends and books and a place outside to walk and think.
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"Childless women may really believe that not having children during their healthiest childbearing years is the path toward their deepest happiness. But they don’t know it, and they’re almost certainly wrong."
After all, the "happiest women in America are married moms."
No One’s Ready To Be A Mom | "The New York Times says you should wait until you're ready to have kids. That’s not how motherhood works." @MariaBaerWrites dailywire.com/news/no-ones-r… @realDailyWire
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The more I study this the more I understand that the things that actually allow you to live longer cost nothing.
Sunlight
Fresh air
Good nutrition
Respecting your circadian rhythm
Exercise
Sleep
Trust
There’s so much low hanging fruit that is absolutely free and could move mountains and yet we’re paying a fortune to move a few pebbles around.