The relationship between self-discipline and health is partly mythologized. While discipline helps build habits like consistent exercise or balanced eating, its benefits are often overhyped. Research shows "effortful restraint" (constantly fighting urges) yields limited long-term gains and can lead to burnout or psychological strain. High conscientiousness (a partly genetic trait) correlates more strongly with better health outcomes than sheer willpower. Truly sustainable health often stems from intrinsic motivation, habit formation, environment design, or devotion rather than grinding through discipline alone.Many "disciplined" people succeed not by force, but by aligning actions with deeper values or making healthy choices automatic.https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2016/11/3/13486940/self-control-psychology-myth
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On cosmic scales, time retains meaning but profoundly changes character.In everyday experience, time is linear, directional, and absolute. On the scale of the universe, it becomes relative, stretchable, and interwoven with space (spacetime).Near black holes or during the first 10⁻⁴³ seconds after the Big Bang (Planck epoch), our usual notion of time breaks down completely. In the far future, as the universe approaches heat death, almost nothing happens — time still "exists" but loses nearly all practical significance.So time never quite disappears, yet on the largest scales it becomes increasingly alien, diluted, and in some extreme regimes, meaningless in any human sense.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_of_time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_time https://www.space.com/29859-the-end-of-time.html
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Astronomical discoveries have profoundly influenced religious views. The Copernican heliocentric model challenged geocentric biblical interpretations, diminishing humanity's perceived central role and sparking conflicts, as seen in Galileo's trial. The vast universe revealed by modern astronomy humbled anthropocentric doctrines. The Big Bang theory, proposed by a Catholic priest, aligned with creation ex nihilo for some believers, while conflicting with literal young-Earth creationism for others. Overall, these findings prompted reinterpretations, fostering harmony in some faiths and tension in others.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy_and_religion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernican_Revolution https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/the-truth-about-galileo-and-his-conflict-with-the-catholic-church https://biologos.org/articles/astronomy-and-the-glory-of-god
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