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I've wrestled with feelings of failure, worthlessness, and wasted potential in my life. In fact, I'm still wrestling with them. These are not easy things to deal with. The most important step for me so far has been learning to separate guilt (which can be useful) from shame (which isn't.)...

I don't have an answer, but I have more questions to add to this! This paper: http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0411060 gives a description of the "river model" for black holes, in which space is thought of as being like flowing water that "drains" through black holes, and extends the model to...

You have gained absolutely nothing by reading this post. Arguably you have just made your life as a whole worse by taking the time to look at the contents of this thread. In fact, as you continue to read the text I've typed, you also continue to waste moments of your life that can never be...