Eric, The tomato plants are seven feet tall. The end justifies the means.
Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ -----Original Message----- From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Eric Smith Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 12:17 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] What is an object? Nick, how could you! (about to get myself in trouble again for thinking I remember something that is probably wrong) > Here’s another story. Years ago my 1970’s era Troy Bilt tiller began to fail > and I took it to a Guy. The Guy said, yes I can rebuild your engine, pretty > much like new. It will cost you around $400. OR, he said, I can bolt a new > Briggs and Stratton engine on there for 150 dollars. So, of course, I went > for the new engine. When I got my tiller back, it worked beautifully, but it > looked weird. The engine was a funny shape, the color was all wrong, but it > had all the connectors it needed, it responded to all the levers, and it did > the job. Evidently, tiller functioning supervenes upon engine construction. I thought Troy Built tillers all came with Tecumseh engines, those big, slow, torquey things that I never saw on anything else. Briggs and Stratton were for lawnmowers. That almost seems as bad as (I am told) the generational shift when International Harvester began putting _truck engines_ in their tractors, a kind of betrayal that gets my farmer colleagues all red and hyperventilated. They say that was the end of the brand. I know that does not contribute to this thread. Eric ============================================================ 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-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove ============================================================ 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-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
