{"id":2378,"date":"2021-02-12T07:23:25","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T15:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=2378"},"modified":"2021-02-12T07:23:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T15:23:30","slug":"buoyancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/buoyancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Buoyancy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"609\" data-attachment-id=\"2380\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/buoyancy\/pexels-lukas-616354\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pexels-lukas-616354.jpg?fit=2000%2C1190&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1190\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pexels-lukas-616354\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pexels-lukas-616354.jpg?fit=300%2C179&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pexels-lukas-616354.jpg?fit=1024%2C609&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pexels-lukas-616354.jpg?resize=1024%2C609&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pexels-lukas-616354.jpg?resize=1024%2C609&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pexels-lukas-616354.jpg?resize=300%2C179&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pexels-lukas-616354.jpg?resize=1536%2C914&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pexels-lukas-616354.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The message is not positivity or optimism or silliness or cleverness. 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