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Originally meant to attempt something ludicrously far-fetched or even impossible, the phrase "Pull yourself up by your bootstraps!" has since been utilized as a narrative for economic mobility or a cure for depression. That idea is believed to have been popularized by American writer Horatio Alger in the 19th century. [6]
Myth of meritocracy. Myth of meritocracy is a phrase arguing that meritocracy, or achieving upward social mobility through one's own merits regardless of one's social position, is not widely attainable in capitalist societies because of inherent contradictions. [1] Meritocracy is argued to be a myth because, despite being promoted as an open ...
Temporal paradoxes fall into three broad groups: bootstrap paradoxes, consistency paradoxes, and Newcomb's paradox. [1] Bootstrap paradoxes violate causality by allowing future events to influence the past and cause themselves, or "bootstrapping", which derives from the idiom "pull oneself up by one's bootstraps."
The Myth of ‘Pulling Yourself Up by Your Bootstraps’ The “self-made” narrative relies heavily on the idea that anyone can become successful through hard work alone.
Bootstrapping here refers to 'pulling oneself up by one's bootstraps,' as particles were surmised to be held together by forces consisting of exchanges of the particles themselves. In 2017 Quanta Magazine published an article in which bootstrap was said to enable new discoveries in the field of quantum theories. Decades after bootstrap seemed ...
When looking at the causal and multigenerational effects of poverty on mental health, it becomes clear that effecting real change requires more than simply telling people to "toughen up" or "pull ...
"By His Bootstraps" is a 20,000 word science fiction novella by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. It plays with some of the inherent paradoxes that would be caused by time travel . The story was published in the October 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction under the pen name Anson MacDonald; the same issue has " Common Sense " under ...
Vance had the name recognition of “Hillbilly Elegy” on his side by the time he ran against Rep. Ryan. Many saw him as a politician able to identify with everyday Americans. But not all ...