Jerry R: The conversation you purpose is of little interest to me.
Cheers Jerry > On Apr 8, 2016, at 7:09 PM, Jerry Rhee <jerryr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 > > <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 <mailto: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 >> <mailto: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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