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EavingO t1_j8cynlr wrote
Gonergonegone t1_j8cxnwy wrote
Reply to comment by Electrical_Country28 in Today I learned Tabula rasa (blank slate) is the theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content and therefore all knowledge comes from experience or perception, which is in direct contrast to Innatism which is the idea that the mind is born with ideas, knowledge, and beliefs. by St3v3nMS3
I thought I was on the poe sub for a second there lol
ziostraccette t1_j8cxnf4 wrote
Reply to comment by radio_allah in TIL The city of Verona, Italy, where Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is set, receives thousands of letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day. The letters are answered by a team of volunteers known as the "Juliet Club." by basictoknow
Yeah the original story is from Luigi Da Porto, and follows Romeo Montecchi and Giulietta Cappelletti and was written in 1530, then it got translated and changed and Shakespeare gets all the credit
ziostraccette t1_j8cx8fn wrote
Reply to TIL The city of Verona, Italy, where Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is set, receives thousands of letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day. The letters are answered by a team of volunteers known as the "Juliet Club." by basictoknow
And I live in Montecchio near Vicenza! There's Romeo's castle and a bunch of other villas from that family!
Kumimono t1_j8cuypn wrote
Reply to TIL The city of Verona, Italy, where Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is set, receives thousands of letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day. The letters are answered by a team of volunteers known as the "Juliet Club." by basictoknow
...did they not watch the whole play? She's dead. 🤔
Well, and fictional, but stil.
covenantofsoulsVI t1_j8cu5d2 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Today I learned Tabula rasa (blank slate) is the theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content and therefore all knowledge comes from experience or perception, which is in direct contrast to Innatism which is the idea that the mind is born with ideas, knowledge, and beliefs. by St3v3nMS3
It's also a pretty good song on Soen's second album, Tellurian.
Ludique t1_j8csm15 wrote
[deleted] t1_j8cryud wrote
Reply to Today I learned Tabula rasa (blank slate) is the theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content and therefore all knowledge comes from experience or perception, which is in direct contrast to Innatism which is the idea that the mind is born with ideas, knowledge, and beliefs. by St3v3nMS3
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D3monVolt t1_j8cpx31 wrote
Reply to Today I learned Tabula rasa (blank slate) is the theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content and therefore all knowledge comes from experience or perception, which is in direct contrast to Innatism which is the idea that the mind is born with ideas, knowledge, and beliefs. by St3v3nMS3
I think we are born empty minded but with genetic skills from our parents to learn some things better than others. My mother is good with languages, my father is good with maths. My grandfather is a focused thinker.
So, my language skill developed focused on just one language to be really good, instead of spread out over 5 like my mother has. And my math skill is purely on the theoretical application with throwing numbers around but not physics or so, which my father was also good at in his school time.
LunarPayload t1_j8cp75y wrote
Reply to TIL the closest whale relative that is not a marine mammal is the hippopotamus after the species diverged 54 million years ago. by SuperMcG
Are hippos not marine mammals because they can go on land? Are seals, walrus, etc, marine mammals?
exsea t1_j8co465 wrote
Reply to comment by Thor4269 in Today I learned Tabula rasa (blank slate) is the theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content and therefore all knowledge comes from experience or perception, which is in direct contrast to Innatism which is the idea that the mind is born with ideas, knowledge, and beliefs. by St3v3nMS3
also a popular unique starting chest gear in POE
Larkson9999 t1_j8co2x0 wrote
Reply to comment by gwaydms in TIL the closest whale relative that is not a marine mammal is the hippopotamus after the species diverged 54 million years ago. by SuperMcG
Natural selection is evolution though. Helpful adaptations over millions of years causes different species.
Lookalikemike t1_j8cn8fu wrote
Reply to TIL The city of Verona, Italy, where Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is set, receives thousands of letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day. The letters are answered by a team of volunteers known as the "Juliet Club." by basictoknow
Juliet should ask for money for her sick grandmother.
Electrical_Country28 t1_j8cltrs wrote
Reply to Today I learned Tabula rasa (blank slate) is the theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content and therefore all knowledge comes from experience or perception, which is in direct contrast to Innatism which is the idea that the mind is born with ideas, knowledge, and beliefs. by St3v3nMS3
TIL where the name of a piece of armour from Path of Exile comes from.
tsaimaitreya t1_j8ckxkr wrote
twinparadox t1_j8ckw3b wrote
Reply to comment by BaylonTheGrey in TIL The city of Verona, Italy, where Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is set, receives thousands of letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day. The letters are answered by a team of volunteers known as the "Juliet Club." by basictoknow
Yes, that is exactly what they are saying. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is based on The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet, a narrative poem written a good 30 years before Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet, in which Juliet is a 16 year old.
jimmyjone t1_j8cktw1 wrote
Reply to Today I learned Tabula rasa (blank slate) is the theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content and therefore all knowledge comes from experience or perception, which is in direct contrast to Innatism which is the idea that the mind is born with ideas, knowledge, and beliefs. by St3v3nMS3
The question would be - what, exactly, would they have beliefs and ideas about?
tsaimaitreya t1_j8ckrml wrote
Reply to comment by 647843267e in TIL The city of Verona, Italy, where Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is set, receives thousands of letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day. The letters are answered by a team of volunteers known as the "Juliet Club." by basictoknow
There's an original?
Funnily at the time the italians married substantially younger than the english... But then Shakespeare had to go overboard with it lol
Dalemaunder t1_j8ckkdq wrote
Reply to TIL The city of Verona, Italy, where Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is set, receives thousands of letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day. The letters are answered by a team of volunteers known as the "Juliet Club." by basictoknow
Thousands of people forgetting Romeo and Juliet isn't a romance, it's a tragedy.
Dalemaunder t1_j8ckhsf wrote
Reply to comment by radio_allah in TIL The city of Verona, Italy, where Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is set, receives thousands of letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day. The letters are answered by a team of volunteers known as the "Juliet Club." by basictoknow
That would place her 500-600.
BaylonTheGrey t1_j8ck34b wrote
Reply to comment by 647843267e in TIL The city of Verona, Italy, where Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is set, receives thousands of letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day. The letters are answered by a team of volunteers known as the "Juliet Club." by basictoknow
The original.
The original Romeo and Juliet.
The original Romeo and Juliet...that WASN'T written by William Shakespeare.
In that story...she's 16?
And...and William Shakespeare...rewrote it.
And made her 13?
That's....that's what you're saying?
savage-dragon t1_j8ciypa wrote
Reply to comment by Ricktatorship91 in TIL The city of Verona, Italy, where Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is set, receives thousands of letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day. The letters are answered by a team of volunteers known as the "Juliet Club." by basictoknow
Why not? Human fantasy is a powerful thing.
jmdg007 t1_j8ciobk wrote
Reply to TIL The city of Verona, Italy, where Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is set, receives thousands of letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day. The letters are answered by a team of volunteers known as the "Juliet Club." by basictoknow
Did they not read the story/watch the play. Juliet's dead
TryDiscombobulated17 t1_j8cyq8r wrote
Reply to comment by GingerMau in Today I learned Tabula rasa (blank slate) is the theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content and therefore all knowledge comes from experience or perception, which is in direct contrast to Innatism which is the idea that the mind is born with ideas, knowledge, and beliefs. by St3v3nMS3
Yeah had my first kid a year ago and agree heavily.