Thanks, Glen. I am particularly glad for your good humor because I have so valued your comments on some of what I have published. Keep close a colleague who will read what you write. There is no greater friend an academic can have.
Nick Nicholas Thompson Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology Clark University thompnicks...@gmail.com https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ -----Original Message----- From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> On Behalf Of u?l? ? Sent: Monday, December 30, 2019 5:30 PM To: FriAM <friam@redfish.com> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] FW: A PolyMath by any other name... You have *nothing* to apologize for. As Steve hinted, I suspect most, if not all, of us cringe a bit when reading our own stuff (or even hearing our own voice: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/dec/18/adam-driver-walk-out-interview-npr-fresh-air-voice). I have 3 stories explicitly related to the point: 1) Something I once wrote offended so many people, it earned me the nickname "Nazi", the story of which held a prominent place in my friend's PhD dissertation. 2) While supporting Swarm, something I wrote offended a person so much, they *demanded* an apology from the group. And 3) a good friend and mentor once called me a "digital austistic" due to my seeming insensitivity in online interaction versus my seeming sensitivity in meat space. I won't tell any of those stories, here, to save y'all from yet another TMI share. But I can say I don't regret any of those utterings. Would I say them now? No. But that's precisely *because* they were learning experiences. The only thing that prevents learning experiences is the *lack* of engagement. So, as long as you stay engaged, then apologies are surplus sugar that none of us really need ... though some of us -- not me -- really like sugar. 8^) On 12/30/19 2:19 PM, thompnicks...@gmail.com wrote: > Here I am, renewing my apology for yet a third time, it seems. > > I was actually preaching my belief that we come to friam for different > things, and nobody should try to dictate what FRIAM is about. But I sure as > hell had a strange way of putting it! I am so grateful for Steve’s > contemporary correction, which says precisely what I wish I had said. > > I have written to the list. If I need to do anything more to regain > your trust, please let me know. > > All the best, and thank you for your many insights, some of which are > on matters I understand. > > I look forward to understanding more. -- ☣ uǝlƃ ============================================================ 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 archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.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 archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
