u/NotAUsefullDoctor

We are taught that `(d/dx) (x^2) = 2x` , but this is a lie.

`(d/dx) f(x) = lim(h->0) (f(x+h) - f(x))/(h)`

`(d/dx) x^2 = lim(h->0) ((x+h)^2 - x^2)/(h)`

`= lim(h->0) (x^2 + 2hx + h^2 - x^2)/(h)`

`= lim(h->0) (2hx + h^2)/(h)`

`= lim(h->0) (2x + h)`

And, from rdm, we know that `lim(h->0) h = 0.000...1`

Therefore, the first derivative of x^2 is 2x+.000...1

All of calculus and physics is a damn lie. Wale up sheeple. Stop praising failed failed country musicians who marry football stars to be famous, and learn the truth as SPP has shared the truth.

*Side Note: this only applies to limits approaching from the right. Limits from the left are different.

I have a few books on my backlog that I want to listen to, but I am out of audible credits. I already have a book I am reading on kindle, and really just need an audio book. So, I am looking for any books that would be common in a public library. Sadly, this removes most LitRPG. However I am optimistic that someone may know some LitRPGs that were published in larger publishing houses that may have gotten more circulation.

S-tier: The Wandering Inn, Apocalypse Parenting, Azerinth Healer, Beware of Chicken

A-tier: Cinnamon Bun, Trials of the Nekomancer, Reincarnated as a Sword

B-tier (good until it became harem adjacent): Reincarnated as a Slime

F-tier (starts off misogynistic and simp, and goes hard harem fast): Rise of the Shield Hero

Awesome writing, but too dark (and didn't like cat), thus stopped after book 3: Dungeon Crawler Carl

Stopped after 3 books as I didn't like the MC: He Who Fights With Monsters, Heretical Fishing

EDIT: evidently I was misremembering the Isekai novels and getting them confused in my head. Fixed the tiers.

My wife saw a protest/march/demonstration today. It was mostly young people with 3 people in white robes leading. All the girls/woman were wearing skirts and all the men short and red shirts. They were carrying american flags as well as some other flags.

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Any ideas of what she saw?

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This was on Holcomb Bridge near Barnwell/Nesbit Ferry.

tl;dr despite no longer believing, I still interact with the pysio-psyochological phenomina, and it helps me in life. Any one else relate?

I know the title is silly, but there is a seriousness here. I will try to gloss over my history and jump into what I mean. Feel free to skip the rest of this paragraph if you do not care about my background. In short, dedicated my life to god around the same time I learned to speak in tongues. This was in a nondenom-Charismatic church, and thus it was a gift, but not a requirement for salvation (like the oneness pentecostal side of my Father's family). It was a large part of my spiritual encounter with God for 20 years. It helped me focus during prayer to stay focused. Outside of one specific occasion, I never prayed in tongues in public. My wife of 20 years had never even heard me pray in tongues because of how sacred it was to me.

When I deconstructed, I stopped praying in tongues. I would try, but a part of my brain told me it was sacred act, and it would be "wrong" to do it now. It took about 2 years before I was able to trick my brain. I would essentially say, "God, I don't know if you are real. Please use this time of dedication to help me see your truth." With those words, I unlocked the ability to do it again. Over a few months, I was able to do it without the prayer. And now i can do it whenever I want.

Why is this relevant? Well, even when I was a believer, I recognized that praying in tongues was a way to calm my mind and help me focus. It worked better than any mantra or anything else for quieting my mind, relieving stress, removing cares of the day, and so on. I was better for it. Now, as a agnostic, I use it in my meditations to help me quiet my mind before I start. When I start to have physical signs of oncoming anxiety attacks or PTSD episodes, I use it to try and bypass my brains normal behavior. For the former it works really well. For the latter, it works a noticeable amount of the time.

I am wondering who else here has a similar experience where they spoke in tongues as a believer, and now use it post belief.