Scientists find an effective solution for the three-body problem
This may be a Rant, or an unpopular opinion.<p>Life is strange. As if God is reminding me something.<p>It was only yesterday Overthinking [1] was submitted on HN. A little over 10 years ago many of my friends and colleagues told me to stop overthinking about things. It was causing me some stress and depression because when you start doing analysis many level deep the only conclusion is any small variance will simply cause Chaos. I look it up on the internet and that was the first time I learn about three body problem, Chaos theory, and the much more widely known butterfly effect.<p>I wish I was taught about this in school or told a lot sooner. To me it is much more about life than it is to maths or physics. Where everything could start out as <i>deterministic</i>, and yet the small difference made end results unpredictable. Over time it also evolved or taught me another concept, many many things or solutions in the world are somehow counter-intuitive.<p>Then I had a few successful project under my belt, but when I was asked in a Job interview I always attribute to &quot;luck&quot; more than anything else. Which happens to be a word HR and many people hate. Americanism ( which also spreads to non-Americans working inside American companies ) views on the world suggest if you work hard you <i>will</i> get it. I wish that was the case, but there were hundreds if not thousands of known moving parts. And possibly thousands of other unknown unknown. It worked. We worked hard. And it worked. It was everyone involved and lots of luck. I was only a small part of it.<p>I am sure those who interview me are all pretty smart. May be they should try to solve the three body problem.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=28158435" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=28158435</a>