#variability — Public Fediverse posts

#Variability is often treated as noise to be minimized — an inconvenience that obscures the "true" signal in biological data. Yet a growing body of evidence across every level of #complexity tells a strikingly different story: the capacity to vary is not a bug, but a feature: a deeply conserved and actively regulated trait of all living #systems. Our workshop will bring together researchers working at these different levels to build a unified picture of variability as a biological strategy.

#Variability is often treated as noise to be minimized — an inconvenience that obscures the "true" signal in biological data. Yet a growing body of evidence across every level of #complexity tells a strikingly different story: the capacity to vary is not a bug, but a feature: a deeply conserved and actively regulated trait of all living #systems. Our workshop will bring together researchers working at these different levels to build a unified picture of variability as a biological strategy.

#Variability is often treated as noise to be minimized — an inconvenience that obscures the "true" signal in biological data. Yet a growing body of evidence across every level of #complexity tells a strikingly different story: the capacity to vary is not a bug, but a feature: a deeply conserved and actively regulated trait of all living #systems. Our workshop will bring together researchers working at these different levels to build a unified picture of variability as a biological strategy.

#Variability is often treated as noise to be minimized — an inconvenience that obscures the "true" signal in biological data. Yet a growing body of evidence across every level of #complexity tells a strikingly different story: the capacity to vary is not a bug, but a feature: a deeply conserved and actively regulated trait of all living #systems. Our workshop will bring together researchers working at these different levels to build a unified picture of variability as a biological strategy.

#Variability is often treated as noise to be minimized — an inconvenience that obscures the "true" signal in biological data. Yet a growing body of evidence across every level of #complexity tells a strikingly different story: the capacity to vary is not a bug, but a feature: a deeply conserved and actively regulated trait of all living #systems. Our workshop will bring together researchers working at these different levels to build a unified picture of variability as a biological strategy.

How fire shapes plants: the case of _Palicourea rigida_ (Rubiaceae), a low-flammability plant living in a highly flammable ecosystem (https://jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2017/03/03/flammability-and-coexistence/).

https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcag154 by @jaimesaizb.bsky.social in @AnnBot

🧪🌍🔥🌳🪴🌱 #Cerrado #savanna #trait #variability @botany @wildfirescience @ecology @plants @plantscience

How fire shapes plants: the case of _Palicourea rigida_ (Rubiaceae), a low-flammability plant living in a highly flammable ecosystem (https://jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2017/03/03/flammability-and-coexistence/).

https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcag154 by @jaimesaizb.bsky.social in @AnnBot

🧪🌍🔥🌳🪴🌱 #Cerrado #savanna #trait #variability @botany @wildfirescience @ecology @plants @plantscience

How fire shapes plants: the case of _Palicourea rigida_ (Rubiaceae), a low-flammability plant living in a highly flammable ecosystem (https://jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2017/03/03/flammability-and-coexistence/).

https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcag154 by @jaimesaizb.bsky.social in @AnnBot

🧪🌍🔥🌳🪴🌱 #Cerrado #savanna #trait #variability @botany @wildfirescience @ecology @plants @plantscience

How fire shapes plants: the case of _Palicourea rigida_ (Rubiaceae), a low-flammability plant living in a highly flammable ecosystem (https://jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2017/03/03/flammability-and-coexistence/).

https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcag154 by @jaimesaizb.bsky.social in @AnnBot

🧪🌍🔥🌳🪴🌱 #Cerrado #savanna #trait #variability @botany @wildfirescience @ecology @plants @plantscience

How fire shapes plants: the case of _Palicourea rigida_ (Rubiaceae), a low-flammability plant living in a highly flammable ecosystem (https://jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2017/03/03/flammability-and-coexistence/).

https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcag154 by @jaimesaizb.bsky.social in @AnnBot

🧪🌍🔥🌳🪴🌱 #Cerrado #savanna #trait #variability @botany @wildfirescience @ecology @plants @plantscience

Which traits matter for linking individuals to ecology? Rota et al. reveal that behavior and physiology often outpace form in predicting ecological responses from individual performance to community and ecosystem levels.

Available now ahead of print!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740828

#Ecology #Variability #EEB

Which traits matter for linking individuals to ecology? Rota et al. reveal that behavior and physiology often outpace form in predicting ecological responses from individual performance to community and ecosystem levels.

Available now ahead of print!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740828

#Ecology #Variability #EEB

Which traits matter for linking individuals to ecology? Rota et al. reveal that behavior and physiology often outpace form in predicting ecological responses from individual performance to community and ecosystem levels.

Available now ahead of print!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740828

#Ecology #Variability #EEB

Which traits matter for linking individuals to ecology? Rota et al. reveal that behavior and physiology often outpace form in predicting ecological responses from individual performance to community and ecosystem levels.

Available now ahead of print!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740828

#Ecology #Variability #EEB

Which traits matter for linking individuals to ecology? Rota et al. reveal that behavior and physiology often outpace form in predicting ecological responses from individual performance to community and ecosystem levels.

Available now ahead of print!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740828

#Ecology #Variability #EEB

Upstream Hydrology And The Importance Of Snowmelt In Buffering Droughts In The Karnali Basin In Nepal
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https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2025.1720178 <-- shared paper
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https://nepalitimes.com/banner/a-karnali-portrait <-- shared media article
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https://youtu.be/ns7jytSwpng?si=rGm90l9FC_ahHum5 <-- shared video, Megh Ale, Nepal River Conservation Trust on the Karnali R.
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#water #hydrology #hydrography #surfacewater #catchment #waterresources #Nepal #Karnali #snowmelt #drought #SPHY #model #modeling #ERA5 #Himalya #river #basin #fluvial #pluvial #precipitation #rainfall #discharge #history #record #weather #climate #snow #climatechange #watersecurity #watersupply #conservation #planning #risk #hazard #rain #runoff #baseflow #waterbalance #evapotranspiration #ET #variability #spatiotemporal #change #time #streamflow #resilience

Upstream Hydrology And The Importance Of Snowmelt In Buffering Droughts In The Karnali Basin In Nepal
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https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2025.1720178 <-- shared paper
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https://nepalitimes.com/banner/a-karnali-portrait <-- shared media article
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https://youtu.be/ns7jytSwpng?si=rGm90l9FC_ahHum5 <-- shared video, Megh Ale, Nepal River Conservation Trust on the Karnali R.
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#water #hydrology #hydrography #surfacewater #catchment #waterresources #Nepal #Karnali #snowmelt #drought #SPHY #model #modeling #ERA5 #Himalya #river #basin #fluvial #pluvial #precipitation #rainfall #discharge #history #record #weather #climate #snow #climatechange #watersecurity #watersupply #conservation #planning #risk #hazard #rain #runoff #baseflow #waterbalance #evapotranspiration #ET #variability #spatiotemporal #change #time #streamflow #resilience

Upstream Hydrology And The Importance Of Snowmelt In Buffering Droughts In The Karnali Basin In Nepal
--
https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2025.1720178 <-- shared paper
--
https://nepalitimes.com/banner/a-karnali-portrait <-- shared media article
--
https://youtu.be/ns7jytSwpng?si=rGm90l9FC_ahHum5 <-- shared video, Megh Ale, Nepal River Conservation Trust on the Karnali R.
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#water #hydrology #hydrography #surfacewater #catchment #waterresources #Nepal #Karnali #snowmelt #drought #SPHY #model #modeling #ERA5 #Himalya #river #basin #fluvial #pluvial #precipitation #rainfall #discharge #history #record #weather #climate #snow #climatechange #watersecurity #watersupply #conservation #planning #risk #hazard #rain #runoff #baseflow #waterbalance #evapotranspiration #ET #variability #spatiotemporal #change #time #streamflow #resilience

Upstream Hydrology And The Importance Of Snowmelt In Buffering Droughts In The Karnali Basin In Nepal
--
https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2025.1720178 <-- shared paper
--
https://nepalitimes.com/banner/a-karnali-portrait <-- shared media article
--
https://youtu.be/ns7jytSwpng?si=rGm90l9FC_ahHum5 <-- shared video, Megh Ale, Nepal River Conservation Trust on the Karnali R.
--
#water #hydrology #hydrography #surfacewater #catchment #waterresources #Nepal #Karnali #snowmelt #drought #SPHY #model #modeling #ERA5 #Himalya #river #basin #fluvial #pluvial #precipitation #rainfall #discharge #history #record #weather #climate #snow #climatechange #watersecurity #watersupply #conservation #planning #risk #hazard #rain #runoff #baseflow #waterbalance #evapotranspiration #ET #variability #spatiotemporal #change #time #streamflow #resilience

Upstream Hydrology And The Importance Of Snowmelt In Buffering Droughts In The Karnali Basin In Nepal
--
https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2025.1720178 <-- shared paper
--
https://nepalitimes.com/banner/a-karnali-portrait <-- shared media article
--
https://youtu.be/ns7jytSwpng?si=rGm90l9FC_ahHum5 <-- shared video, Megh Ale, Nepal River Conservation Trust on the Karnali R.
--
#water #hydrology #hydrography #surfacewater #catchment #waterresources #Nepal #Karnali #snowmelt #drought #SPHY #model #modeling #ERA5 #Himalya #river #basin #fluvial #pluvial #precipitation #rainfall #discharge #history #record #weather #climate #snow #climatechange #watersecurity #watersupply #conservation #planning #risk #hazard #rain #runoff #baseflow #waterbalance #evapotranspiration #ET #variability #spatiotemporal #change #time #streamflow #resilience

Showers bring early pop of colour to #Singapore cityscape through buds, #blossoms
"plants have evolved to respond physiologically to changes in the #environment,” said Mr Oh, adding that “flowering patterns will change in line with increased #climate #variability”. Other environmental factors include #temperature, light and #moisture levels, he said. The #public can visit trees.sg to find out where #flowering #trees can be seen"
#nature #climatechange
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/showers-bring-early-pop-of-colour-to-singapore-cityscape-through-buds-blossoms

Showers bring early pop of colour to #Singapore cityscape through buds, #blossoms
"plants have evolved to respond physiologically to changes in the #environment,” said Mr Oh, adding that “flowering patterns will change in line with increased #climate #variability”. Other environmental factors include #temperature, light and #moisture levels, he said. The #public can visit trees.sg to find out where #flowering #trees can be seen"
#nature #climatechange
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/showers-bring-early-pop-of-colour-to-singapore-cityscape-through-buds-blossoms

Showers bring early pop of colour to #Singapore cityscape through buds, #blossoms
"plants have evolved to respond physiologically to changes in the #environment,” said Mr Oh, adding that “flowering patterns will change in line with increased #climate #variability”. Other environmental factors include #temperature, light and #moisture levels, he said. The #public can visit trees.sg to find out where #flowering #trees can be seen"
#nature #climatechange
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/showers-bring-early-pop-of-colour-to-singapore-cityscape-through-buds-blossoms

Showers bring early pop of colour to #Singapore cityscape through buds, #blossoms
"plants have evolved to respond physiologically to changes in the #environment,” said Mr Oh, adding that “flowering patterns will change in line with increased #climate #variability”. Other environmental factors include #temperature, light and #moisture levels, he said. The #public can visit trees.sg to find out where #flowering #trees can be seen"
#nature #climatechange
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/showers-bring-early-pop-of-colour-to-singapore-cityscape-through-buds-blossoms

Showers bring early pop of colour to #Singapore cityscape through buds, #blossoms
"plants have evolved to respond physiologically to changes in the #environment,” said Mr Oh, adding that “flowering patterns will change in line with increased #climate #variability”. Other environmental factors include #temperature, light and #moisture levels, he said. The #public can visit trees.sg to find out where #flowering #trees can be seen"
#nature #climatechange
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/showers-bring-early-pop-of-colour-to-singapore-cityscape-through-buds-blossoms

☕ Sociology, meet ecology: How the variability of coffee harvests can teach us about sustainable farming

https://phys.org/news/2025-11-sociology-ecology-variability-coffee-harvests.html

#coffee #agriculture #farming #argonomy #ecology #harvests #variability

☕ Sociology, meet ecology: How the variability of coffee harvests can teach us about sustainable farming

https://phys.org/news/2025-11-sociology-ecology-variability-coffee-harvests.html

#coffee #agriculture #farming #argonomy #ecology #harvests #variability

☕ Sociology, meet ecology: How the variability of coffee harvests can teach us about sustainable farming

https://phys.org/news/2025-11-sociology-ecology-variability-coffee-harvests.html

#coffee #agriculture #farming #argonomy #ecology #harvests #variability

☕ Sociology, meet ecology: How the variability of coffee harvests can teach us about sustainable farming

https://phys.org/news/2025-11-sociology-ecology-variability-coffee-harvests.html

#coffee #agriculture #farming #argonomy #ecology #harvests #variability

☕ Sociology, meet ecology: How the variability of coffee harvests can teach us about sustainable farming

https://phys.org/news/2025-11-sociology-ecology-variability-coffee-harvests.html

#coffee #agriculture #farming #argonomy #ecology #harvests #variability

Kingman

Wenn Variabilität auf 100 % Auslastung trifft, explodieren die Wartezeiten – selbst kleine Störungen bringen das System zum Stillstand. Nicht die Variabilität ist das Problem, sondern Systeme ohne Puffer: Wer ohne Slack plant, plant den Stillstand.

https://no-bullshit-agile.de/wip/

#Kingman #Variability #Utilization

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Kingman

Wenn Variabilität auf 100 % Auslastung trifft, explodieren die Wartezeiten – selbst kleine Störungen bringen das System zum Stillstand. Nicht die Variabilität ist das Problem, sondern Systeme ohne Puffer: Wer ohne Slack plant, plant den Stillstand.

https://no-bullshit-agile.de/wip/

#Kingman #Variability #Utilization

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Kingman

Wenn Variabilität auf 100 % Auslastung trifft, explodieren die Wartezeiten – selbst kleine Störungen bringen das System zum Stillstand. Nicht die Variabilität ist das Problem, sondern Systeme ohne Puffer: Wer ohne Slack plant, plant den Stillstand.

https://no-bullshit-agile.de/wip/

#Kingman #Variability #Utilization

5/x

Kingman

Wenn Variabilität auf 100 % Auslastung trifft, explodieren die Wartezeiten – selbst kleine Störungen bringen das System zum Stillstand. Nicht die Variabilität ist das Problem, sondern Systeme ohne Puffer: Wer ohne Slack plant, plant den Stillstand.

https://no-bullshit-agile.de/wip/

#Kingman #Variability #Utilization

5/x

Kingman

Wenn Variabilität auf 100 % Auslastung trifft, explodieren die Wartezeiten – selbst kleine Störungen bringen das System zum Stillstand. Nicht die Variabilität ist das Problem, sondern Systeme ohne Puffer: Wer ohne Slack plant, plant den Stillstand.

https://no-bullshit-agile.de/wip/

#Kingman #Variability #Utilization

5/x

Now published in full final form:

Delayed auditory feedback increases speech production variability in typically fluent adults but has the opposite effect in stuttering adults
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1628114/full

#Speech #Stuttering #Variability #DAF

Now published in full final form:

Delayed auditory feedback increases speech production variability in typically fluent adults but has the opposite effect in stuttering adults
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1628114/full

#Speech #Stuttering #Variability #DAF

Now published in full final form:

Delayed auditory feedback increases speech production variability in typically fluent adults but has the opposite effect in stuttering adults
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1628114/full

#Speech #Stuttering #Variability #DAF

Now published in full final form:

Delayed auditory feedback increases speech production variability in typically fluent adults but has the opposite effect in stuttering adults
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1628114/full

#Speech #Stuttering #Variability #DAF

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"Delayed Auditory Feedback Increases Speech Production Variability in Typically Fluent Adults but has the Opposite Effect in Stuttering Adults"

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1628114/

#Stuttering #Speech #Variability #DAF #SpeechLanguage #SpeechLanguagePathology #SLP

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"Delayed Auditory Feedback Increases Speech Production Variability in Typically Fluent Adults but has the Opposite Effect in Stuttering Adults"

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1628114/

#Stuttering #Speech #Variability #DAF #SpeechLanguage #SpeechLanguagePathology #SLP

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"Delayed Auditory Feedback Increases Speech Production Variability in Typically Fluent Adults but has the Opposite Effect in Stuttering Adults"

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1628114/

#Stuttering #Speech #Variability #DAF #SpeechLanguage #SpeechLanguagePathology #SLP

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"Delayed Auditory Feedback Increases Speech Production Variability in Typically Fluent Adults but has the Opposite Effect in Stuttering Adults"

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1628114/

#Stuttering #Speech #Variability #DAF #SpeechLanguage #SpeechLanguagePathology #SLP

Embrace the uncertainty

Ever since Werner Heisenberg formulated the uncertainty principle, physics has been grappling with the unsettling realization that the universe does not function like clockwork—a metaphor Newton introduced and which held sway for centuries. In a world where predictability and uncertainty intertwine, interpretations range from die-hard determinists, who reject quantum events despite the mounting evidence, to more esoteric merchants of doubt who exploit the ambiguity.

If Werner Heisenberg […]

https://bjoern.brembs.net/2025/07/embrace-the-uncertainty/

Embrace the uncertainty

https://bjoern.brembs.net/2025/07/embrace-the-uncertainty/

Embrace the uncertainty

https://bjoern.brembs.net/2025/07/embrace-the-uncertainty/

Embrace the uncertainty

https://bjoern.brembs.net/2025/07/embrace-the-uncertainty/

New in the #VirtualObservatory: “Chandra Source Catalog Release 2.1” by Chandra X-ray Center
https://cxc.harvard.edu/csc/
#XRayAstronomy #Galaxies #Variability #Photometry

New in the #VirtualObservatory: “Chandra Source Catalog Release 2.1” by Chandra X-ray Center
https://cxc.harvard.edu/csc/
#Variability #Galaxies #XRayAstronomy #Photometry

In case anyone's keeping score, the idea that JFETs have hugely variable properties and that this problem cannot be - or at least has not been - fixed with different design or manufacturing practices, this batch showed it pretty clearly to me.

20 J113s, minus 1 fake, equals 19 devices. I measured the Vgs / pinch-off voltage and the Id / drain current in my test rig. The result?

6 very distinct bins with between 2 and 6 devices in each. Vgs overall varied from (-) 1.30 V to 2.11 V (variance is 38% of the larger value, or 62% of the smaller...), and Id from 5.7 mA to 12.8 mA, a spread of 125% (!) of the smaller value.

No wonder so many JFET circuits just don't work if you don't hand-match the devices.

#variance #variability #characteristics #measure #measurement #match #JFET #tolerance

In case anyone's keeping score, the idea that JFETs have hugely variable properties and that this problem cannot be - or at least has not been - fixed with different design or manufacturing practices, this batch showed it pretty clearly to me.

20 J113s, minus 1 fake, equals 19 devices. I measured the Vgs / pinch-off voltage and the Id / drain current in my test rig. The result?

6 very distinct bins with between 2 and 6 devices in each. Vgs overall varied from (-) 1.30 V to 2.11 V (variance is 38% of the larger value, or 62% of the smaller...), and Id from 5.7 mA to 12.8 mA, a spread of 125% (!) of the smaller value.

No wonder so many JFET circuits just don't work if you don't hand-match the devices.

#variance #variability #characteristics #measure #measurement #match #JFET #tolerance

In case anyone's keeping score, the idea that JFETs have hugely variable properties and that this problem cannot be - or at least has not been - fixed with different design or manufacturing practices, this batch showed it pretty clearly to me.

20 J113s, minus 1 fake, equals 19 devices. I measured the Vgs / pinch-off voltage and the Id / drain current in my test rig. The result?

6 very distinct bins with between 2 and 6 devices in each. Vgs overall varied from (-) 1.30 V to 2.11 V (variance is 38% of the larger value, or 62% of the smaller...), and Id from 5.7 mA to 12.8 mA, a spread of 125% (!) of the smaller value.

No wonder so many JFET circuits just don't work if you don't hand-match the devices.

#variance #variability #characteristics #measure #measurement #match #JFET #tolerance

In case anyone's keeping score, the idea that JFETs have hugely variable properties and that this problem cannot be - or at least has not been - fixed with different design or manufacturing practices, this batch showed it pretty clearly to me.

20 J113s, minus 1 fake, equals 19 devices. I measured the Vgs / pinch-off voltage and the Id / drain current in my test rig. The result?

6 very distinct bins with between 2 and 6 devices in each. Vgs overall varied from (-) 1.30 V to 2.11 V (variance is 38% of the larger value, or 62% of the smaller...), and Id from 5.7 mA to 12.8 mA, a spread of 125% (!) of the smaller value.

No wonder so many JFET circuits just don't work if you don't hand-match the devices.

#variance #variability #characteristics #measure #measurement #match #JFET #tolerance

In case anyone's keeping score, the idea that JFETs have hugely variable properties and that this problem cannot be - or at least has not been - fixed with different design or manufacturing practices, this batch showed it pretty clearly to me.

20 J113s, minus 1 fake, equals 19 devices. I measured the Vgs / pinch-off voltage and the Id / drain current in my test rig. The result?

6 very distinct bins with between 2 and 6 devices in each. Vgs overall varied from (-) 1.30 V to 2.11 V (variance is 38% of the larger value, or 62% of the smaller...), and Id from 5.7 mA to 12.8 mA, a spread of 125% (!) of the smaller value.

No wonder so many JFET circuits just don't work if you don't hand-match the devices.

#variance #variability #characteristics #measure #measurement #match #JFET #tolerance

A quotation from John Adams

The Stream of Life sometimes glides smoothly on, through flowry meadows and enamell’d planes. At other times it draggs a winding reluctant Course through offensive Boggs and dismal gloomy Swamps. The same road now leads us thro’ a spacious Country fraught with evry delightful object, Then plunges us at once, into miry Sloughs, or stops our passage with craggy and inaccessible mountains. The free roving Songster of the forest, now rambles unconfin’d, and hopps from Spray to Spray but the next hour perhaps he alights to pick the scattered Grain and is entangled in the Snare. The Ship, which, wafted by a favourable gale, sails prosperously upon the peaceful Surface, by a sudden Change of weather may be tossed by the Tempest, and driven by furious, opposite winds, upon rocks or quicksands. In short nothing in this world enjoys a constant Series of Joy and prosperity.

John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Diary (1756-03-27)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-john/30195/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #humancondition #struggle #change #difficulty #disaster #fortune #joy #life #metaphor #misfortune #problems #prosperity #troubles #variability

A quotation from John Adams

The Stream of Life sometimes glides smoothly on, through flowry meadows and enamell’d planes. At other times it draggs a winding reluctant Course through offensive Boggs and dismal gloomy Swamps. The same road now leads us thro’ a spacious Country fraught with evry delightful object, Then plunges us at once, into miry Sloughs, or stops our passage with craggy and inaccessible mountains. The free roving Songster of the forest, now rambles unconfin’d, and hopps from Spray to Spray but the next hour perhaps he alights to pick the scattered Grain and is entangled in the Snare. The Ship, which, wafted by a favourable gale, sails prosperously upon the peaceful Surface, by a sudden Change of weather may be tossed by the Tempest, and driven by furious, opposite winds, upon rocks or quicksands. In short nothing in this world enjoys a constant Series of Joy and prosperity.

John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Diary (1756-03-27)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-john/30195/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #humancondition #struggle #change #difficulty #disaster #fortune #joy #life #metaphor #misfortune #problems #prosperity #troubles #variability

A quotation from John Adams

The Stream of Life sometimes glides smoothly on, through flowry meadows and enamell’d planes. At other times it draggs a winding reluctant Course through offensive Boggs and dismal gloomy Swamps. The same road now leads us thro’ a spacious Country fraught with evry delightful object, Then plunges us at once, into miry Sloughs, or stops our passage with craggy and inaccessible mountains. The free roving Songster of the forest, now rambles unconfin’d, and hopps from Spray to Spray but the next hour perhaps he alights to pick the scattered Grain and is entangled in the Snare. The Ship, which, wafted by a favourable gale, sails prosperously upon the peaceful Surface, by a sudden Change of weather may be tossed by the Tempest, and driven by furious, opposite winds, upon rocks or quicksands. In short nothing in this world enjoys a constant Series of Joy and prosperity.

John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Diary (1756-03-27)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-john/30195/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #humancondition #struggle #change #difficulty #disaster #fortune #joy #life #metaphor #misfortune #problems #prosperity #troubles #variability

A quotation from Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Don’t cross a river if it is four feet deep on average.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb (b. 1960) Lebanese-American essayist, statistician, risk analyst, aphorist
The Black Swan, Part 2, ch. 10 “The Scandal of Prediction” (2007)

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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #blackswan #assumptions #average #danger #expectations #mean #variability #variance

A quotation from Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Don’t cross a river if it is four feet deep on average.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb (b. 1960) Lebanese-American essayist, statistician, risk analyst, aphorist
The Black Swan, Part 2, ch. 10 “The Scandal of Prediction” (2007)

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A quotation from Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Don’t cross a river if it is four feet deep on average.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb (b. 1960) Lebanese-American essayist, statistician, risk analyst, aphorist
The Black Swan, Part 2, ch. 10 “The Scandal of Prediction” (2007)

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