Re: [FRIAM] FW: Fractal discussion Landscape-bird songs

All— If you want to find the Dylan Roof key on your own emotional piano, think about the last time you indulged yourself in road rage. According to one kind of evolutionary psychology, road rage is an instance of "altruistic punishment". Altruistic punishment is selected at the group level

Re: [FRIAM] Wow! He did Good!

"Wider community support" could mean, "Are you prepared to hide people in your basement for an extended period of time?" Tom Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA 505.577.6482(c)505.473.

[FRIAM] Immigrant Protection

This just came in tonight from the NY Daily News: Don't count on the NYPD to help with President Trump’s directive to round up undocumented immigrants. Police Commissioner James O’Neill had a defiant message for the President on Wednesday — saying his officers will not enforce administrative warr

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Nick, I'm not sure what you mean by a "wider community." Do you mean those who just blah blah and sit on their asses and not take action to respond to what's happening? The Council chambers were packed last night--standing room only, and hundreds of people standing for hours outside the Council w

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Merle, Hence my suggestion that the City may need support from a wider community sometime in the near future. Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University http://home.earthlink.n

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Yep. He's a comer. Check all the boxes: young, handsome, Hispanic, gay, ambitious. I was at the City Council meeting last night about the Sanctuary City resolutions. "Sanctuary City" doesn't protect anyone--it's just a bandaid to make people feel better and less helpless. ICE can move in as s

Re: [FRIAM] FW: Fractal discussion Landscape-bird songs

Glen, I think Robert Wall is nudging close to an idea that he failed to adequately clarify but you may have nailed it while trying to deny it (this I call a backhanded strike). Last week there was a strange article about groups of people having the same memory that have no contact with each oth

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Well, maybe Sanfa Fe and Winnipeg could become sister cities and piss off both our federal governments. Your Mayor has balls. Maybe doing the right thing takes some special kind of courage. vib From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Nick Thompson Sent: February-23

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To the congregation, Oops, someone is watching…. I had Better pull up my trousers and get a shave Jeez, I was only running off at the mouth about getting into TensorFlow code. vib From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Jon Zingale Sent: February-23-17 12:29 PM

Re: [FRIAM] FW: Fractal discussion Landscape-bird songs

Right, I think I got that you meant society being in the zone. You expressed doubt and I disagree with you -- meaning only that I have less doubt. 8^) I think society can (and does, often) get into a zone/groove/flow. Some symptoms that are often complained about are "mob behavior", "groupth

[FRIAM] Wow! He did Good!

To the local congregation: Your Mayor, being firm with NPR's Robert Siegel. http://www.npr.org/2017/01/25/511655818/despite-trump-actions-santa-fe-mayor -vows-to-remain-a-sanctuary-city To the Diaspora, If this gets ugly, Santa Fe might need your help. Nick Nicho

Re: [FRIAM] Friam Digest, Vol 164, Issue 38

​Thank you, those responsible for the discussion regarding simulation​ and the real. Here is a competition currently sponsored by MIT where competitors write AI to perform automated war: BattleCode . On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 10:00 AM, wrote: > Send Friam mailing list

Re: [FRIAM] FW: Fractal discussion Landscape-bird songs

​Thank you, those responsible for the discussion regarding simulation​ and the real. Here is a competition currently sponsored by MIT where competitors write AI to perform automated war: BattleCode . Jon Zingale =