Mixed Martial Arts. and your welcome nick :P
On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Nick Thompson <nickthomp...@earthlink.net>wrote: > Mr. Densmore, > > > > Not sure why I have been elevated to “Mr. Thompson”. Makes me nervous. > The only people who call me Mr. anymore are nurses who are preparing me for > colonscopies. > > > > Your question seems a fair one, and I would like to answer it, but I don’t > know what MMA means. > > > > Nick > > > > > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > > *From:* Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] *On Behalf Of *Gillian > Densmore > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 04, 2013 12:56 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Why I was wrong about the nuclear option > > > > Mr. Thompson, > > New-Clear options? In what context? > > ============ > Logic trap? > The logic trap that's popular in colleges goes about like: Gill is a human > able obliterate concrete and kick ass in MMA, therefore all humans can kick > ass in MMA and make short work of concrete. > > ========= > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Nick Thompson <nickthomp...@earthlink.net> > wrote: > > This<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/12/04/why-i-was-wrong-about-the-nuclear-option/>reminded > of our discussion about a year ago concerning the so-called > “fallacy of induction”. Do any of you know about grue and green. Grue is > a property of grass that it is green, just until you stop looking at it, at > which point it turns blue. The point is that every scrupulous observation > of grass confirming that it is still green, is equally a confirmation that > it is also grue. “Absurd!”, you say, but only if you take for granted that > the world is not the sort of place that changes on a dime. And where else > could you have learned that save by induction. > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/12/04/why-i-was-wrong-about-the-nuclear-option/ > > Nick > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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