Hywel,
This proves that one can get a fight about ANYTHING in Friam.
A uniformly white wall only becomes a pattern when it is bounded by something, no? And, in that case, it is part of a pattern.
But I confess, I am starting to forget why I care about this. Let's see. It had something to do with causality being a pattern in history and without non-instances of the cause (presumably followed by non-instances of the effect) causality is not defined, just as a white wall does not become a white wall until it is bounded. Notice that one cannot even ask the question without implicitly creating a bound ..... "wall".
I here's it's a bit chilly in Santa Fe.
Basking by the Bay in Houston,
I am,
Faithfully yours,
Nick
----- Original Message -----
From: Hywel White
To: nickthompson at earthlink.net;The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group;Robert Holmes
Sent: 11/21/2007 10:28:25 AM
Subject: RE: [FRIAM] FRIAM and causality
Nick, White is not a color it is a distribution of wavelengths (colors) and so the characteristics of the wavelength distribution is a pattern. Hywel
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Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 11:05 PM
To: Robert Holmes
Cc: Friam at redfish.com
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] FRIAM and causality
Robert,
I would say "no".
So now we have found the foundation of our disagreement -- the point upon which we can agree to disagree.
NIck
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Holmes
To: nickthompson at earthlink.net;The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Sent: 11/19/2007 7:37:15 AM
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] FRIAM and causality
On Nov 18, 2007 11:58 AM, Nicholas Thompson <nickthompson at earthlink.net> wrote:
Robert,
Does a blank white wall have a "pattern" on it?
Nick
Nick - YES - Robert
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