Song of MyselfWalt Whitman
Song of Myself
by Walt Whitman
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on “Ask HN: What are your favorite books or essays written at least 100 years ago?” ↗…conflicting opinions simultaneously." I am not good with poetry, but I've enjoyed "Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes." from Walt Whitman's Song of Myself.
on “Tickling (2018)” ↗Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself", in one of the most famous books of poetry ever (responding to the other commenter), Leaves of Grass. I don't know that Whitman meant to talk about science, but whether he was conscious of it or not,…
on “Why flying insects gather at artificial light” ↗Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself", in Leaves of Grass. Possibly the most famous book of poetry in the US, at least. Apparently you need to do some reading of that "literature", as you call it - the kind that doesn't come with an abstract!…
on “Why flying insects gather at artificial light” ↗I agree with this analysis, but I also think that inclusiveness is malleable. In "Song of Myself", Walt Whitman wrote "In all people I see myself, none more and not one a barleycorn less/and the good or bad I say of myself I say of them". The Parable of the Good Samaritan is all about how we choose…
on “Latvia blocking extradition of Gozi writer due to disproportionate US sentencing” ↗…He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall - Ralph Waldo Emerson Do I contradict myself? / Very well then, I contradict myself. / (I am large, I contain multitudes) - Walt Whitman's “Song of Myself”
on “The Contradictions of Sam Altman, AI Crusader” ↗