@jamestanton I meant to bring to light that if one is watching at Sun marble and Earth marble from infinity & is asked about the size of marble that is "average" of these two, as difference bw sun & earth marbles is gigantic, GM works better thn AM. Cuz AM would be a value close to Sun's size
This is Kubera, also known as Vaishravana (Mauryan Era). The dikpala of the North Direction. He is known in Mahayana Buddhism as Vaishravana. Notice the belly, this belly travelled to China and gave us the laughing Buddhas, now popularized by Feng Shui. Wise, Happy gods, we love.
Notice the image on the left. Notice the image on the right. These two images are distanced by 4500 years in time. Basic human designs are created and evolved, but what survives, only lives longer. This is an illustration of Lindy Effect. #lindy
Bottom row (2nd left) is a piece of dice, from Harappan era (4000 year old). It has six faces, with all the appropriate dots. This elongated dice was the reason why Chausar (middle pic) had them. Chausar -> Pachisi -> Ludo(right). Board design remained same. Games follow #lindy
@nntaleb@yaneerbaryam@financequant Is mythology the most lindy proof network of memes in a culture ?
Is that why mythology repeats, spreads and becomes universal, because time cannot kill it.