Jerry C,
I’d like to constrain my conversation in light of Peirce’s system of logic, which is summarized in his formal expression of abduction (CP 5.189). Given: C = the surface of things, the comprehensive, the breadth of the matter (CP 4.543) A = the heart of things, the precise, the depth of the matter An alternative arrangement gives: from C, and A => C, infer A, which should appeal clearly to your statement: ”My interest for several decades has been on the antecedent-consequent relation between a mutation and the change in an organism” So, in answer to your questions: I used the terms “bizarre and ridiculous” as a public service announcement to bring attention to Snow’s discussion of the Two Cultures problem. That is, coming to agreement about evolutionary transformation involves more than that which can be answered from “do you find hydrogen bonding or handedness of molecules bizarre”? See for instance Cartwright’s response in the following: https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_current_state_of_knowledge_regarding_the_inheritance_of_chirality To summarize, it’s not a simple matter to go from hydrogen bonding to explaining conserved phenotypes that stimulate our inquisitive nature shaped by experience. The distance is too great and involves sensibility and respect for ongoing research. Best, Jerry R On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Jerry LR Chandler < jerry_lr_chand...@icloud.com> wrote: > Jerry R., List: > > You wrote: > > > Just a friendly public service announcement: >> >> >> If your interest is in genotype/phenotype mapping (i.e., relation between >> mutation and change in organism), talk of atoms, molecules and valences is >> considered bizarre. >> >> >> On Apr 8, 2016, at 12:41 AM, Jerry Rhee <jerryr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I don’t want to extend this conversation because as I understand the > matter, the only good of comparing the structure of ammonia with triadicity > is to show that it’s a bad comparison; that they are different and one > should NOT compare them. > > > The meaning of your messages is increasingly confusing. > > What is it that you find bizarre? > > Do you find the notion of hydrogen-bonding between DNA strands “bizarre”? > > Do you find the handedness of molecules “bizarre”? > > What connotations motivate > > Just a friendly public service announcement:?? >> >> > Are you deeply concerned with the ethics of comparisons? > Why should one not a comparison, as Roberts did? > > Please express your premises / conclusion with more clarity. > > Cheers > > Jerry > > >
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