Frank, Well.... I think conclusions drawn from fMRI results are dramatically overblown, but the results themselves are mostly decent.... but if we side-step that discussion to focus on your broader question as I understand it:
If *you*, personally, did the type of experiment that got that result, but use thought of a covariant tensors instead of cups at every appropriate point, then yes, you would probably end up with a highly-constrained multi-variate regression equation that could do a pretty good job predicting whether or not you were thinking of a covariant tensor during a given trial. Of course, you couldn't use a typical college freshman for that experiment, which makes it a lot harder to do the work, and the result wouldn't get as much press afterwards, which makes it harder to find a researcher willing to put in the effort. ;- ) ----------- Eric P. Charles, Ph.D. Department of Justice - Personnel Psychologist American University - Adjunct Instructor <echar...@american.edu> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 1:45 PM Frank Wimberly <wimber...@gmail.com> wrote: > Less public. Last I heard with fMRI they might be able to detect that > you're thinking of a coffee cup. I rarely think of cups. Could the detect > that I was thinking of a covariant tensor? > > --- > Frank C. Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > > 505 670-9918 > Santa Fe, NM > > On Tue, May 12, 2020, 10:58 AM Jon Zingale <jonzing...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Glen, Eric, >> >> I am enjoying how the conversation is developing. The celery >> example strikes me as being important, but where Glen refers >> to *scale* I would speak of *domain of definition*. That a shift in >> domain happens to be size, rather than some other contextual >> specification, may not be what we want. If this isn't the case >> Glen, please let me know. With respect to Eric's points it seems >> fair to me to say that a paddle wheel is behaving, but perhaps not >> in the *larger* context of the river. The celery is behaving, but not >> not in the *smaller* context of capillary action. Here I am using >> the language of *large* and *small*, but perhaps other modalities >> have a place as well. One can say Nick's behavior appears >> spontaneously, but in fact was necessitated by something *prior*. >> Here an *earlier* Nick could play the role of the river. >> >> Frank, >> Would you say that the mind is as public as RSA encryption? >> .-. .- -. -.. --- -- -..-. -.. --- - ... -..-. .- -. -.. -..-. -.. .- ... >> .... . ... >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >> unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> > .-. .- -. -.. --- -- -..-. -.. --- - ... -..-. .- -. -.. -..-. -.. .- ... > .... . ... > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >
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