Re: [FRIAM] Origami metaphor (Level b)

No, no!  "Life is like a metaphor!"  NO, "Life is a simile" No, WAIT!  "Life is a metaphor, but LIKE a simile" Or so we "figure". merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily life is such a scream! This is how the surrealists probably got started, you know! - Steve Metaphors are like painting a gr

Re: [FRIAM] Origami metaphor (Level b)

Metaphors are like painting a green car red. Or, like a shoe having it's sole condemned to perdition. Or, like a musician experiencing rough sax. On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Nicholas Thompson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Glen said (I think it was glen) > > > "It's just like folding a piece

Re: [FRIAM] Origami metaphor (Level b)

Thus spake Nicholas Thompson circa 10/08/2008 04:13 PM: > Glen said (I think it was glen) > > "It's just like folding a piece of paper. Someone hands you a piece of > paper and you fold it into an origami swan. Did you _discover_ the > swan? Or did you invent the swan?" > > And Nick replies ...

Re: [FRIAM] Origami metaphor (Level b)

Glen said (I think it was glen) "It's just like folding a piece of paper. Someone hands you a piece of paper and you fold it into an origami swan. Did you _discover_ the swan? Or did you invent the swan?" And Nick replies ... You all know by now how I feel about metaphors. Nick thinks being

Re: [FRIAM] Self-awareness

Hello Russ, Is your comment below what you what mean by self awareness? If not could you describe it? Sorry if I missed this definition in an earlier email. O Russ Abbott wrote: Perhaps so, but for the most part I think of scientists as intellectually honest, as doing as good a job as they

Re: [FRIAM] Self-awareness

Perhaps so, but for the most part I think of scientists as intellectually honest, as doing as good a job as they know how to do, and as willing to change their minds in the face of contrary evidence. -- Russ On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Phil Henshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Russ, > > O

Re: [FRIAM] FW: sfx News: Three Tuesdays Tomorrow Night Instead

thx, Nick. On Oct 7, 2008, at 9:23 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote: I am taking the liberty of forwarding this to the FRIAM group because I think it is such a great opportunity. It is the kind of thing large numbers of people pay big money to go here in some hotel ball room somewhere and i

[FRIAM] Main Page - Statistical Mechanics: Algorithms and Computations

I recently bought this book, and was delighted to see how complete a wiki was associated with it: http://www.smac.lps.ens.fr/index.php/Main_Page -- Owen FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe a

Re: [FRIAM] Mail goggles

Douglas Roberts wrote: /"All that effort solving the math problems on time, just to type "You're a dick" and stagger off to bed."/ Nah, hack up some JavaScript to detect the panel, screen scrape and then fill in the form au

Re: [FRIAM] Wittgenstein

Glen and Phil, Thanks for your comments. I think I've reached the limits of what I might learn for now. When it comes to the foundations of math, I have trouble trying to get very far beyond the feelings and impressions I have when doing math. It feels as if mathematical objects have some kind

Re: [FRIAM] Mail goggles

And a comment about google's 'Mail Goggles' from Slashdot: http://entertainment.slashdot.org/entertainment/08/10/08/0032219.shtml *"All that effort solving the math problems on time, just to type "You're a dick" and stagger off to bed."* On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 6:09 AM, Robert Holmes <[EMAIL PRO

[FRIAM] Mail goggles

Any way that we can implement something like this for postings to FRIAM? http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081007-mail-goggles-a-breathlyzer-test-for-your-gmail.html FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at c

Re: [FRIAM] Wittgenstein

Thus spake John F. Kennison circa 10/07/2008 06:32 PM: > I see your > interpretation of Wittgenstein's statements as his way of saying that > mathematical argument does not do a good or reliable job of > establishing truth. Am I characterizing your position correctly? Well, I think W. was arguing