This is the article I had in mind https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-gen-z-wont-show-their-feet_l_64cd1b52e4b01796c06c0cc4
--- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Fri, May 31, 2024, 9:34 AM Frank Wimberly <wimber...@gmail.com> wrote: > It exists in my mind. Joke. > > --- > Frank C. Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > > 505 670-9918 > Santa Fe, NM > > On Fri, May 31, 2024, 8:59 AM Nicholas Thompson <thompnicks...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> This (see below) got served up to me out of the blue this morning. The >> way it's put here, Frank and Bruce might actually agree with it. Still, >> it's straight Peirce. I have no idea who the author is; do any of you? >> >> Here's crucial passage. >> >> *Our understanding of reality needs a complete overhaul. Rather than >> viewing it as a fixed, external stage upon which events play out, we should >> consider it as a dynamic interplay between observers and their >> environment [*experiences*]. Reality, in this view, doesn’t reside out >> there, independent of us. Instead, reality is our interactions with the >> world [*one another*], shaped and defined by our observations [* >> experiences*]. Reality is nothing but [*the telos of*] those >> interactions between subjects.* >> >> I had to make those little changes because the author, like so many >> aspiring monists, after arguing against observer independence for a hundred >> words, slips up by implying that the "environment" is anything but >> something else that we have to agree upon, if we are ever going to get on >> with life. >> >> By the way, I stipulate that nothing in his argument has ANYTHING to do >> with quantum mechanics. The argument would be sound even if the idea of a >> quantum had never been thought. However, I like the idea of physics as >> some kind of language of convergent belief. >> >> By the way, In history there seem to have been two ways for people >> converge on a common experience, charisma and democracy. In charisma, we >> pick some idiot (usually a psychopath) and share his or her experience. In >> democracy, we find some way to blend our experiences into a common view. >> Sometime in the next few months we will decide which way we want to go. >> Do we want to assign Trump the job of determining our common reality, or >> do we want to continue to work it out amongst ourselves through experiment >> and argument. >> >> Weather gorgeous here in the mosquito infested swamp. Garden thriving. >> A much better year. >> >> Watch that dry line in TX. It's truly amazing. Can it really be true >> that I am the only weather fanatic on a list that is devoted to >> complexity? How can that be? >> >> NIck >> >> >> >> >> https://medium.com/machine-cognition/objective-reality-doesnt-exist-it-is-time-to-accept-it-and-move-on-7524b494d6af >> >> <https://medium.com/machine-cognition/objective-reality-doesnt-exist-it-is-time-to-accept-it-and-move-on-7524b494d6af> >> Objective Reality Doesn’t Exist: It is Time to Embrace it and Move On >> <https://medium.com/machine-cognition/objective-reality-doesnt-exist-it-is-time-to-accept-it-and-move-on-7524b494d6af> >> The shift towards a unified, observer-dependent reality forces us to let >> go — once and for all — of the idea of objective reality >> medium.com >> >> >> >> -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: 5/2017 thru present >> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >> >
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