Re: [FRIAM] The Rise of the Maya Civilization

2024-05-14 Thread Frank Wimberly
In tenth grade I wrote a term paper with the title The Language, Arithmetic and Astronomy of the Ancient Maya. I doubt that it was a deep analysis given that it was ten typewritten pages. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Tue, May 14,

Re: [FRIAM] George on Rossby Waves and Frontogenesis

2024-04-30 Thread Frank Wimberly
George who? I'm sorry, I must have missed something. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 11:28 AM Nicholas Thompson wrote: > *Dear Phellow Phriamers,* > > > *What I love about George is that he speaks what others have

Re: [FRIAM] A hundred words for swindle

2024-03-31 Thread Frank Wimberly
I suppose it's a bot. An alleged young woman contacted me and asked me to promise not to enter into text conversations with any other women. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 6:01 PM Roger Critchlow wrote: > Talking

Re: [FRIAM] Meeting Location

2024-03-29 Thread Frank Wimberly
Everything is open but it's the way into the building is different. Walk clockwise around all the cyclone fencing. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Fri, Mar 29, 2024, 8:21 AM Frank Wimberly wrote: > Hmm. The dining room down the h

Re: [FRIAM] Meeting Location

2024-03-29 Thread Frank Wimberly
, I was there at about 7:15 pm last night. At that time the coffee > shop was open but the snack bar was closed. > > On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 6:56 AM Frank Wimberly > wrote: > >> I reached the on-site security officer at St John's a minute ago. He >> says the coffee shop was o

[FRIAM] Meeting Location

2024-03-29 Thread Frank Wimberly
I reached the on-site security officer at St John's a minute ago. He says the coffee shop was open last night. I will assume we can meet there. Frank --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . /

Re: [FRIAM] death by ubiquity

2024-03-28 Thread Frank Wimberly
Back in the 70s my father, who was a nuclear engineer, said that if nuclear energy weren't pursued aggressively there would be energy riots by 2050. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Thu, Mar 28, 2024, 7:42 PM Marcus Daniels wrote: > >

[FRIAM] Check this out – Frank Wimberly wearing cowboy gear - Image Creator from Microsoft Designer

2024-03-28 Thread Frank Wimberly
Generative AI Fail Frank Wimberly wearing cowboy gear - Image Creator from Microsoft Designer https://www.bing.com/images/create/frank-wimberly-wearing-cowboy-gear/1-6605a819dcb347688e82f0733270bae3?FORM=GENCRE -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . FRIAM Applied

Re: [FRIAM] the inequities of uniquity

2024-03-22 Thread Frank Wimberly
ou* are >> wrong in what you think. The older I get, the more difficult it gets. >> >> >> >> But specifically, the technical sense of "unique" is vanishingly rare >> ... so rare as to be merely an ideal, unverifiable, nowhere, non-existent. >> So if the

[FRIAM] Reminder

2024-03-21 Thread Frank Wimberly
Friam at Downtown Subscription tomorrow because of construction at St John's. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Fridays 9a-12p Friday

Re: [FRIAM] Sleep trackers

2024-03-21 Thread Frank Wimberly
Don't remind me, Nick. About 40(?) years ago I paid $5000 for an Apple II which served as little more than a terminal that could do some graphics. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 1:19 PM Nicholas Thompson wrote: >

Re: [FRIAM] the inequities of uniquity

2024-03-20 Thread Frank Wimberly
What's wrong with "unusual"? It avoids the problem. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Wed, Mar 20, 2024, 1:55 PM Steve Smith wrote: > > On 3/20/24 12:54 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote: > > Everyday as I am

Re: [FRIAM] Walking Thunder one page first pass

2024-03-20 Thread Frank Wimberly
y like this, but > perhaps he has a chance to change it. > > —Barry > > On 19 Mar 2024, at 21:24, Frank Wimberly wrote: > > I met the director of this film. His enthusiasm was great and he seemed > very proud of his work. I told him I would forward this poster to people I

Re: [FRIAM] Walking Thunder one page first pass

2024-03-20 Thread Frank Wimberly
not spell her last name as > Godall. I always feel like a jerk when I correct somebody like this, but > perhaps he has a chance to change it. > > —Barry > > On 19 Mar 2024, at 21:24, Frank Wimberly wrote: > > I met the director of this film. His enthusiasm was great and h

Re: [FRIAM] Sleep trackers

2024-03-20 Thread Frank Wimberly
I am so sorry, Jochen. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Wed, Mar 20, 2024, 12:59 AM Jochen Fromm wrote: > I believe you can track your sleep using an iPhone and an Apple watch (but > I have neither so I can't tell if it works well) >

[FRIAM] Fwd: Walking Thunder one page first pass

2024-03-19 Thread Frank Wimberly
- From: Frank Wimberly Date: Tue, Mar 19, 2024, 3:20 PM Subject: Re: Walking Thunder one page first pass To: Cyril Christo Thanks, Cyril. Will forward. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Tue, Mar 19, 2024, 10:39 AM Cyril

[FRIAM] Meeting Place

2024-03-15 Thread Frank Wimberly
St John's has begun a major remodeling/reconstruction of the Petersen Center in which we usually meet on Friday mornings. Today we met at Downtown Subscription and we will do so again next week and until further notice. Frank -- Frank Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918

[FRIAM] St John's Closed for Renovations

2024-03-15 Thread Frank Wimberly
Ed and I are headed to Downtown Subscription --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays

Re: [FRIAM] The problems of interdisciplinary research

2024-02-09 Thread Frank Wimberly
dfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ > -- Frank Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Research: h

Re: [FRIAM] Slow AI

2024-01-28 Thread Frank Wimberly
>Though these were all experienced and confident men, the average year to year correlation in their results was 0.01. The highly rewarded experts of finance have no real idea what they're doing, they are highly rewarded for an "illusion of skill"< One of my father-in-law's best friends was a man

Re: [FRIAM] Please join Zoom meeting in progress Virtual Friam

2024-01-25 Thread Frank Wimberly
Who is "mom"? The only one I know who is currently called that is Flor. If we had been as strict with her as she is with her 3 kids a murder would have occurred. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Thu, Jan 25, 2024, 4:23 PM Fran

Re: [FRIAM] Please join Zoom meeting in progress Virtual Friam

2024-01-25 Thread Frank Wimberly
, Jan 25, 2024, 4:20 PM Nicholas Thompson wrote: > That sounds interesting. I am sorry I missed it. How is mom? Where is > Merle? > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 4:15 PM Frank Wimberly > wrote: > >> Yes, we missed you. Jochen joined briefly. Stephen, Merle, Barry were >&g

Re: [FRIAM] Breaking Bad and Free Will

2024-01-25 Thread Frank Wimberly
GNU Debugger? --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Thu, Jan 25, 2024, 4:11 PM Marcus Daniels wrote: > Walter White was drawn into that life as sure as water runs downhill. > Watching him go deeper and deeper was like repeating “step” in

Re: [FRIAM] Please join Zoom meeting in progress Virtual Friam

2024-01-25 Thread Frank Wimberly
ocalypse, I should get my new > teeth bolted in on February 15. > > Next week I promise to do look in on thuam > > All the best > > N > > Sent from my Dumb Phone > > On Jan 25, 2024, at 9:08 AM, Frank Wimberly wrote: > >  > Join Zoom Meeting > h

[FRIAM] Please join Zoom meeting in progress Virtual Friam

2024-01-25 Thread Frank Wimberly
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/255049879 Meeting ID: 255 049 879 --- One tap mobile +17193594580,,255049879# US +12532050468,,255049879# US --- Dial by your location • +1 719 359 4580 US • +1 253 205 0468 US • +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) • +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) • +1 669

Re: [FRIAM] Breaking Bad

2024-01-15 Thread Frank Wimberly
Jochen, Now you know what the countryside looks like around here. Frank --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Mon, Jan 15, 2024, 10:46 AM Jochen Fromm wrote: > The TV series Breaking Bad was created 10 years ago, but I only recently > was

Re: [FRIAM] sui generis

2024-01-09 Thread Frank Wimberly
Frank Zappa! Now that was a long time ago. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Tue, Jan 9, 2024, 10:35 AM glen wrote: > I agree almost completely. Where I may disagree goes back to a > conversation we (I've forgotten who was "there",

Re: [FRIAM] St John's Closed

2024-01-05 Thread Frank Wimberly
Yes, yes. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Fri, Jan 5, 2024, 11:34 AM Nicholas Thompson wrote: > DID people come?Was it OK? > > N > > On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 9:52 AM Frank Wimberly wrote: > >> I am at Chomp

[FRIAM] St John's Closed

2024-01-05 Thread Frank Wimberly
I am at Chomp, Manhattan at Cerrillos I think. Nick suggested that this is more comfortable than Saveur. I hope someone gets here soon. I am trying to occupy a community table. It's attached to O'Houri's. Frank --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa

[FRIAM] vFriam

2024-01-04 Thread Frank Wimberly
I guess the snow in Santa Fe is discouraging people from coming to vFriam. jk -- Frank Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Research: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . FRIAM Applied

Re: [FRIAM] SaveurTomorrow

2023-12-28 Thread Frank Wimberly
> > Just a suggestion. > > Nick. > > On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 4:38 PM Frank Wimberly > wrote: > >> Friammers can show up there tomorrow AM. I plan to order some food in >> addition to coffee. >> >> --- >> Frank C. Wimberly >&

[FRIAM] SaveurTomorrow

2023-12-28 Thread Frank Wimberly
Friammers can show up there tomorrow AM. I plan to order some food in addition to coffee. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Fridays

Re: [FRIAM] The last Lighthouse Keeper in America

2023-12-26 Thread Frank Wimberly
p.s. The pastor is a woman. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Tue, Dec 26, 2023, 7:17 AM Frank Wimberly wrote: > Jochen, > > We live across the street from the United Church of Santa Fe. It is a > member of the United Chur

Re: [FRIAM] The last Lighthouse Keeper in America

2023-12-26 Thread Frank Wimberly
Jochen, We live across the street from the United Church of Santa Fe. It is a member of the United Church of Christ denomination (UCC). A friend whose father was a Presbyterian minister said that UCC informally means "Unitarians Concerned with Christ". The point is that their beliefs are

[FRIAM] Meeting Tomorrow 12/22

2023-12-21 Thread Frank Wimberly
We will meet at Saveur beginning at 9:00am. It's at the intersection of Galisteo and Cerrillos downtown near the new courthouse. Frank --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. .

Re: [FRIAM] Working for the Military Institute of Technology Causes Cognitive Dissonance

2023-12-15 Thread Frank Wimberly
;> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: 5/2017 thru present >> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http:/

[FRIAM] Virtual Friam

2023-12-07 Thread Frank Wimberly
If you attend live Friam I hope you will consider attending Virtual Friam *as well* even if you are back in Santa Fe. It's a different experience. Arrive anytime between 9am and 11am. https://bit.ly/virtualfriam --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa

Re: [FRIAM] metathesis

2023-12-01 Thread Frank Wimberly
My dad was a nuclear engineer and nukular has always bothered me greatly. I try to help people to say it right by telling them to think "new clear". I'm not sure that would help Bush. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Fri, Dec 1, 2023,

[FRIAM] Virtual Friam

2023-11-30 Thread Frank Wimberly
Everything in Santa Fe is closed today because of snow, including schools and my daughter's job in State government.. But Virtual Friam is open https://bit.ly/virtualfriam Frank -- Frank Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Research: https://www.researchgate.net

Re: [FRIAM] FRIAM this Friday!

2023-11-21 Thread Frank Wimberly
The switchboard says the Peterson Coffee Shop will be open Friday. I plan to be there at 9ish. Frank --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Tue, Nov 21, 2023, 3:19 PM George Duncan wrote: > What with Thanksgiving, is Peterson going to be

Re: [FRIAM] Mirror Neurons & Intersubjective Reality

2023-11-16 Thread Frank Wimberly
I knew Bill Chase. He was a new assistant professor in the psych department when I was a graduate student. Tragically he died young. During his recruitment talk he said that people can remember letter sequences by creating phrases. "For instance, they might remember 'BFG' by using the phrase

Re: [FRIAM] Theil

2023-11-14 Thread Frank Wimberly
"PS I'll be in Santa Fe this Friday and probably at Friam." Excellent. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Tue, Nov 14, 2023, 5:12 PM Roger Critchlow wrote: > The stars have aligned to make this assembly theory day! > > First this

Re: [FRIAM] Theil

2023-11-14 Thread Frank Wimberly
: > > On 11/13/23 5:39 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote: > > I'm surprised Stuart Kauffman isn't in there. > > CultBiosGroup? > > > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe

Re: [FRIAM] Theil

2023-11-13 Thread Frank Wimberly
Were you responding to my post, Eric? Probably not. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Mon, Nov 13, 2023, 6:43 PM David Eric Smith wrote: > Well in that case, definitely look up the interview he did with Sara > Walker and Lee Cronin. >

Re: [FRIAM] Theil

2023-11-13 Thread Frank Wimberly
I'm surprised Stuart Kauffman isn't in there. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Mon, Nov 13, 2023, 5:31 PM Marcus Daniels wrote: > I'm too lazy to run a kmeans now. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 13, 2023, at 12:06 PM, glen

Re: [FRIAM] "What Work Means"

2023-10-27 Thread Frank Wimberly
I spent my career at universities (2) except for a few years at Bell Labs and Bios group. I always felt that the organization I worked for was altruistic. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Fri, Oct 27, 2023, 11:45 AM glen wrote: >

[FRIAM] Semiconductors

2023-10-23 Thread Frank Wimberly
Erica R.H. Fuchs, a professor in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy in Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering, has been appointed to the inaugural board of trustees(opens in new window) that will oversee the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC). The core

Re: [FRIAM] Language Model Understanding

2023-10-09 Thread Frank Wimberly
"Truth" is well defined. It is the set of propositions which assert that what is the case is the case. Determining whether a given proposition is true may be difficult. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Mon, Oct 9, 2023, 10:23 AM glen

[FRIAM] Don't mess with my cousins...

2023-09-11 Thread Frank Wimberly
https://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/news/local_news/bull-rider-charged-with-shooting-hitchhiker/article_b139c51a-80a5-5cb3-a9ce-b57c8fbf19f8.html#:~:text=McKennon%20Wimberly%2C%20son%20of%20National,severe%20brain%20injury%2C%20a%20broken Seriously, I don't know him. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140

Re: [FRIAM] Science Fiction Books

2023-09-04 Thread Frank Wimberly
Read Blood Meridian, Nick. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Mon, Sep 4, 2023, 1:13 PM Nicholas Thompson wrote: > Hi, Steve, > > Thanks for your observations concerning bad hand writing and early typing > as shaping The Mind, for better

Re: [FRIAM] Science Fiction Books

2023-09-03 Thread Frank Wimberly
I had posted a link to an article about a mass shooting in Norway in response to a claim that most mass shootings occur in the U.S. I can't find that post so I'll repeat it. This was only one attack but 77 people were killed.

Re: [FRIAM] Science Fiction Books

2023-09-03 Thread Frank Wimberly
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anders-behring-breivik-appeal-european-court-of-human-rights-norway-massacre/ --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Sun, Sep 3, 2023, 3:21 PM Frank Wimberly wrote: > At one point, maybe still, the largest m

Re: [FRIAM] Science Fiction Books

2023-09-03 Thread Frank Wimberly
At one point, maybe still, the largest mass shooting took place in Norway. Correct me if I'm wrong. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Sun, Sep 3, 2023, 3:16 PM Jochen Fromm wrote: > Well, I still believe there is a gun problem in the

[FRIAM] Venue Tomorrow 8/11

2023-08-10 Thread Frank Wimberly
St John's Coffee Shop will be closed. I just talked to the owner of Saveur located at the intersection of Galisteo and Cerrillos downtown. They would be happy to host us from 9-11. It would be good to order something in addition to a beverage. Anything from a cookie to a full breakfast will

Re: [FRIAM] Swirlies redux

2023-08-05 Thread Frank Wimberly
I'm not sure how this fits with what you wrote, Eric but it may be interesting regardless. In the late 1990s Clark Glymour and I wrote a paper on using causal inference algorithms to discover the structure of genetic regulatory networks based on microarray data. We tested a number of methods on

[FRIAM] Virtual Friam Tomorrow

2023-08-02 Thread Frank Wimberly
The meeting will start a few minutes later than usual tomorrow 8/3. 9:45 am MDT should be possible. I realize this is irrelevant for most of you to whom I apologize for the distraction. Frank --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM -. --- - /

[FRIAM] vFriam

2023-07-27 Thread Frank Wimberly
No one has arrived yet (9:20 MDT). Unless people arrive before 10:00 I will likely close the meeting. Frank -- Frank Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Research: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2

Re: [FRIAM] Thursday

2023-07-19 Thread Frank Wimberly
I won't mention it. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 6:43 AM Prof David West wrote: > > I am going to the Oshkosh Air Show next week. Mathew would be jealous. > > davew > > On Tue, Jul 18, 2023,

[FRIAM] Thursday

2023-07-18 Thread Frank Wimberly
We're taking grandson Matthew to Colorado Springs to see the WW2 Aircraft Museum. We leave tomorrow and return Friday. That means I won't be in Santa Fe Thursday morning. John Dobson, a regular attendee of vFriam, will be in Santa Fe that day. We can either skip vFriam this week or Stephen can

Re: [FRIAM] We're taking grandson Matthew to Colorado Springs to see the WW2 Aircraft Museum. We leave tomorrow and return Friday. That means I won't be in Santa Fe Thursday morning. John Dobson, a re

2023-07-18 Thread Frank Wimberly
--- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Tue, Jul 18, 2023, 7:05 PM Frank Wimberly wrote: > What do you think, Steph? > > Frank > > --- > Frank C. Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > &g

[FRIAM] We're taking grandson Matthew to Colorado Springs to see the WW2 Aircraft Museum. We leave tomorrow and return Friday. That means I won't be in Santa Fe Thursday morning. John Dobson, a regula

2023-07-18 Thread Frank Wimberly
What do you think, Steph? Frank --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom

Re: [FRIAM] What is an agent [was: Philosophy and Science}

2023-07-15 Thread Frank Wimberly
ation by > the agent’s mental states and events. > > > > _ > > _ > > That seems to me to raise more questions than it answers. At the same > time, it seems to limit the notion of /agent/ to things that can have > intentions and mental models. (To be fair, the articl

Re: [FRIAM] Philosophy and Science

2023-07-14 Thread Frank Wimberly
merely evidence that any > presentation is limited in space and time. My guess is that if you listen > to Tyson with a little generosity, you'd hear him make sounds sympathetic > to the expertise of the peri-science cliques. > > Now, Hawking and Mlodinow's explicit claim that phil

[FRIAM] Philosophy and Science

2023-07-14 Thread Frank Wimberly
Joe Ramsey, who took over my job.in the Philosophy Department at Carnegie Mellon, posted the following on Facebook: I like Neil DeGrasse Tyson a lot, but I saw him give a spirited defense of science in which he oddly gave no credit to philosophers at all. His straw man philosopher is a dedicated

Re: [FRIAM] McCarthy v Peirce

2023-07-13 Thread Frank Wimberly
Nick, Would the claim that there are more rational numbers (fractions, loosely speaking) than integers be an example of the common experience of the world? Frank --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 11:38 AM Nicholas

Re: [FRIAM] Watch "The Most Important Idea in Physics: The Principle of Least Action - Ask a Spaceman!" on YouTube

2023-07-03 Thread Frank Wimberly
o:thompnicks...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Frank, > > > > Thanks SO MUCH for forwarding this to me. To any other > defrocked english majors on Friam, who have listened to these guys blather > on about LaGrangians for all these years, I hi

Re: [FRIAM] bespoke turbulence

2023-06-29 Thread Frank Wimberly
We were talking about related questions in Virtual Friam today. Were you lurking? --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Thu, Jun 29, 2023, 5:26 PM Roger Critchlow wrote: > I was going to post the University of Chicago press release, >

Re: [FRIAM] Virtual Friam

2023-06-27 Thread Frank Wimberly
Excellent. People often ask, "Is Nick going to come?" --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 7:16 PM Nicholas Thompson wrote: > Thanks Frank. I will look in at some point. N > > On Tue, Jun 20, 202

Re: [FRIAM] I am not Unique

2023-06-24 Thread Frank Wimberly
e interesting" by going in search of > it. The same goes for happiness. One will not find happiness by going in > search of it. These are both consequences of other activities and make no > sense as stand-alone goals. > > -- Russ Abbott > Professor Emeritus, Computer Science > Ca

[FRIAM] I am not Unique

2023-06-24 Thread Frank Wimberly
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/the-case-against-travel --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Fridays 9a-12p Friday St.

[FRIAM] AI and Carnegie Mellon

2023-06-22 Thread Frank Wimberly
https://fb.watch/lktFTRI0rF/?mibextid=CDWPTG --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays

[FRIAM] Virtual Friam

2023-06-20 Thread Frank Wimberly
Because of a conflict I won't be able to start Thursday's meeting until about 10:00 MDT (Santa Fe time). It's possible that Stephen might start it earlier but it will definitely start by 10. Frank --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM -. --- -

Re: [FRIAM] Best Cormac McCarthy novels

2023-06-14 Thread Frank Wimberly
MO). I > might give it another go someday. Meanwhile, perhaps I'll try reading > The Crossing on Frank's recommendation. > > On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 7:02 AM Frank Wimberly > wrote: > > > > Blood Meridian is his masterpiece but I enjoyed reading The Crossing > more. > >

Re: [FRIAM] Best Cormac McCarthy novels

2023-06-14 Thread Frank Wimberly
Blood Meridian is his masterpiece but I enjoyed reading The Crossing more. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Wed, Jun 14, 2023, 1:29 AM Jochen Fromm wrote: > Cormac McCarthy died yesterday in Santa Fe where he lived for the last 30 >

Re: [FRIAM] [EXT] New Mexico SNOTEL Santa Fe (922) (05P09S ) (PST) Daily series for wateryear=2023

2023-06-08 Thread Frank Wimberly
>From what I hear from the weather people it will be a while before we see any more rain in Santa Fe. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Thu, Jun 8, 2023, 3:25 PM wrote: > John, > > > > Well, in MA, we are living under the third day of

Re: [FRIAM] Radical Empiricism

2023-06-04 Thread Frank Wimberly
As one of the few, if not the only, person who has been a full time employee of a philosophy department for multiple years, I am quick to defend my former colleagues. Read "Actual Causation and Thought Experiments" by Glymour and Wimberly in J. K. Campbell, M. O'Rourke & H. S. Silverstein (eds.),

Re: [FRIAM] crackpots and privilege

2023-06-02 Thread Frank Wimberly
Understood --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Fri, Jun 2, 2023, 10:47 AM Nicholas Thompson wrote: > Frank, > > So is sex, if you think about it. Yet, . > > On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 3:20 PM Frank Wimberly > wrote:

Re: [FRIAM] crackpots and privilege

2023-05-31 Thread Frank Wimberly
Our 2 year old granddaughter is at our place frequently. It's inconceivable that she could live independently. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Wed, May 31, 2023, 8:13 AM glen wrote: > Yeah, that was a great show. I suppose I can see

[FRIAM] Ezra Klein on AI and the Internet

2023-05-28 Thread Frank Wimberly
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/28/opinion/artificial-intelligence-thinking-minds-concentration.html --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv

Re: [FRIAM] crackpots and privilege

2023-05-26 Thread Frank Wimberly
My grandsons' girlfriends (twenty-somethings) say that they think babies are disgusting. I hope they change their minds. In any case, what does a shortage of babies have to do with AI? --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Thu, May 25,

[FRIAM] St John's not Open

2023-05-26 Thread Frank Wimberly
I'm pretty sure St John's Coffee shop is closed today. I will go to Downtown Subscription. Frank --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv

Re: [FRIAM] Glasses in Santa Fe

2023-05-14 Thread Frank Wimberly
Dr Javid at Eye Associates. They work seamlessly with Medicare. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Sun, May 14, 2023, 9:16 AM Owen Densmore wrote: > Hi! I need new glasses and wonder if any of us have a suggestion for a > good

Re: [FRIAM] Call blockers

2023-04-19 Thread Frank Wimberly
; > On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 1:24 PM Frank Wimberly > wrote: > >> My Google phone warns me of suspected spam calls. When it does so I have >> the choice of "Screening" the call, blocking it, or answering it. If I >> select "Screen" the caller hears &

Re: [FRIAM] Call blockers

2023-04-18 Thread Frank Wimberly
My Google phone warns me of suspected spam calls. When it does so I have the choice of "Screening" the call, blocking it, or answering it. If I select "Screen" the caller hears "Hi. The person you are calling is using a Google screening service. Please say your name and the reason you are

[FRIAM] Fwd: Updated invitation: ML/Duolingo Seminar - David Chalmers - NSH 4305 @ Tue Apr 18, 2023 10:30am - 11:30am (EDT) (ml-semi...@cs.cmu.edu)

2023-04-16 Thread Frank Wimberly
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Re: [FRIAM] myth of the objective

2023-04-07 Thread Frank Wimberly
My 23 year old grandson is developing Call of Duty. He's a developer at Activision. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Fri, Apr 7, 2023, 11:02 AM glen wrote: > > >

Re: [FRIAM] AI Musings

2023-04-03 Thread Frank Wimberly
The real numbers are an uncountable set. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Mon, Apr 3, 2023, 3:14 PM Roger Critchlow wrote: > I'm just noodling around. > > So it's a collection of innumerable elements which can't be a mathematical >

Re: [FRIAM] AI Musings

2023-03-30 Thread Frank Wimberly
at >> making better decisions than humans, and constantly improving at it, I >> would be very surprised. >> >> Grant >> >> On Mar 30, 2023, at 8:58 AM, Frank Wimberly wrote: >> >> Not particularly relevant to your main point but Raj Reddy, clos

Re: [FRIAM] AI Musings

2023-03-30 Thread Frank Wimberly
Not particularly relevant to your main point but Raj Reddy, close colleague of Newell and Simon, once said, "It is easier use AI to replace a college professor than a bulldozer operator" or words tho that effect. Frank --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918

Re: [FRIAM] a little help from my friends

2023-03-30 Thread Frank Wimberly
Readability is important. It has implications for maintainability, modifiability, reusability and other abilities. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Thu, Mar 30, 2023, 8:09 AM Prof David West wrote: > I am keynoting the International

Re: [FRIAM] IEEE Milestone celebrating computer graphics history at U of Utah

2023-03-28 Thread Frank Wimberly
Distinguished graybeards. I got my PhD in 1978. Am I as old as that guy?? --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Tue, Mar 28, 2023, 8:05 AM Barry MacKichan wrote: > Mount Olympus! > > Sent from my iPad > > On Mar 28, 2023, at 1:24 AM,

[FRIAM] Some funny spoofs of LLM fascination

2023-03-27 Thread Frank Wimberly
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/04/03/upcoming-landmarks-in-artificial-intelligence?utm_source=nl_brand=tny_mailing=TNY_Humor_032723_campaign=aud-dev_medium=email=5bea160d24c17c6adf1d90ff=26657004=auto_captionentrants_content=A_term=TNY_Humor --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz,

[FRIAM] We're at Downtown Subscription

2023-03-24 Thread Frank Wimberly
They were waxing the floor at St John's. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p

[FRIAM] Sentience

2023-03-16 Thread Frank Wimberly
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[FRIAM] AI and Weirdness

2023-03-13 Thread Frank Wimberly
Many of you may have seen this article...

Re: [FRIAM] ChatGPT and William James

2023-03-06 Thread Frank Wimberly
If you live with a baby you see that they have knowledge that can't be based on "data". --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Mon, Mar 6, 2023, 2:50 PM Marcus Daniels wrote: > How? > > > > *From:* Friam *On

Re: [FRIAM] ChatGPT and William James

2023-03-06 Thread Frank Wimberly
>And we humans are different? In a word, yes. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Mon, Mar 6, 2023, 12:14 PM Nicholas Thompson wrote: > *However, it's important to remember that there are also important > differences between a large

Re: [FRIAM] vFriam

2023-03-02 Thread Frank Wimberly
your > preferred time and what times would be acceptible? > > Nick > > On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 10:10 AM Frank Wimberly > wrote: > >> So far the only one who has arrived is Stephen, who has now left. If no >> one shows up by, say, 10:15 I will close the meeting and ch

Re: [FRIAM] vFriam

2023-03-02 Thread Frank Wimberly
d be your > preferred time and what times would be acceptible? > > Nick > > On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 10:10 AM Frank Wimberly > wrote: > >> So far the only one who has arrived is Stephen, who has now left. If no >> one shows up by, say, 10:15 I will close the m

[FRIAM] vFriam

2023-03-02 Thread Frank Wimberly
So far the only one who has arrived is Stephen, who has now left. If no one shows up by, say, 10:15 I will close the meeting and check in later but at no particular time. Frank -- Frank Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Research: https://www.researchgate.net

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