Nicholas Thompson wrote circa 11-09-19 05:19 PM: > I realize that you didn't start this thread, so you may be as perplexed as I > am, but, what exactly IS the mind-body problem?
As I understand it, it's the perplexing sense that there are parts (extended to processes by me if not others) of the body that seem to have little or nothing to do with the mind. And vice versa: there seem to be thoughts that have little or nothing to do with the body. > Also, not that it's essential, but could you DISAMBIGUATE? I, of course, > instantly assumed you were referring to number eleven. > > Flying Spaghetti Monster, the deity of Pastafarianism, a parody religion > FIFA Soccer Manager, a video game about football management > Fighting Spirit magazine, a professional wrestling periodical > Film Score Monthly, a record label and online magazine > Forgetting Sarah Marshall, a motion picture > Free Software Magazine, a computing periodical/website > Free software movement, a sociopolitical movement in computing > Fiji School of Medicine, the central medical school of the University of > the South Pacific > Fixed Survey Meter, an instrument used by the British Royal Observer > Corps during the Cold War to detect nuclear fallout > Folded spectrum method, a Solver for Eigenvalue problems > Free Speech Movement, at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1964 > Finite-state machine, a model of computation > Field service management, optimization of the field operations of > technicians > Fatih Sultan Mehmet (as Mehmed II), 7th sultan of the Ottoman Empire > Fabryka Samochodów Ma³olitra¿owych Polish car factory > Federated States of Micronesia, an Oceanic island nation > Fort Smith Regional Airport (IATA code: FSM) in Arkansas, United States > Mauritian Solidarity Front, in French Front Solidarité Mauricien (FSM) Ha! 8^) That's hilarious. Using a little substitution ... "The Fort Smith Regional Airport knows I would never ..." "The Folded Spectrum Method knows I would never ..." "The Fiji School of Medicine knows I would never ..." FSM only knows which is the correct referent. ;-) -- glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://tempusdictum.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
