Re: Cognition and Calculus, WAS: faith, zombies, and crazy people
Posted by
Nick Thompson on
Sep 20, 2012; 10:46pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Cognition-and-Calculus-WAS-faith-zombies-and-crazy-people-tp7580628p7580655.html
Steve,
As for the tongue in cheek, this is my best guess. Doug thought that Arlo’s statement was a reduction ad absurdum. In fact, it stated very clearly the kind of thing I had in mind. You will pardon the expression. Nick
From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Douglas Roberts
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 2:23 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Cognition and Calculus, WAS: faith, zombies, and crazy people
Perhaps (or perhaps not).
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Steve Smith <[hidden email]> wrote:
A friend of mine gave me (at age 16) a placard which said:
"I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure that what you heard is what I meant"
Anytime someone's sentences come packed a bit too tight for me to unpack easily or if I am confused or even offended by what appears to be a complex convolution, I remember that phrase.
I have come to trust Arlo to mean exactly what he says even if or when it is beyond my focus or context to parse it well...
In that spirit (being not completely sure how tightly in his cheek Doug's tongue was planted when he wrote this), I happily second Arlo's most excellent one-liner (are parenthetical inclusions allowed technically in one-liners?).
- Steve
I nominate this for the coveted (yet prestigious) award of FRIAM Sentence of the Year!
Seriously, this one sentence captures the essence of what it means to be on this list. If it were allowed, I'd award extra points for it having been delivered concisely, if not precisely.
Long-time members of this list will recognize the magnitude of the honor this award would represent.
I shall leave you all to ponder the the integral of my action function.
--Doug
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Arlo Barnes <[hidden email]> wrote:
So if you are saying that actions are the derivative of feelings, because feelings are [an interpretation of] a trend, does that mean all we have to do to perceive intent is to find the integral of an action function, indefinite as the result may be?
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