Of Deleterious Results

Occam's Razor - absent of external information, 
one should choose the option with the least number of assumptions

"Those who go aborrowing, go asorrowing" - Roughing it in a Bush

The one ahead in the race "feels" easier?

What if Confederation was not achieved?
What if the world is just slightly cooler?
What if I was still grade 3?
What if I had known?
What if I was mature enough?
What if there is more time?


Stop daydreaming, get on writing that essay! 
Exam - 30 mins left!

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In fact, confederation is essentially a pact. Without a pact, it could not live. For humanity sake, unilateral "Act" of any significant effect cannot and does not survive.

That journey is the prize? Define journey: the process, Define prize: the most rewarding, most valuable entity. Journey is the prize then.

To lend or not to lend? That is the question. Humans have developed altruism simply because cooperation in an probabilistic and sufficiently long run is better than selfishness. That does not, however, mean that local abnormalities are overridden. It's not as simple as an operator overload. Even that has problems.