Posted by
glen ropella on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/DIY-science-tp7582911p7582963.html
I have to argue with you about all cognition growing out of the need for
self control, as opposed to any other physiological process, e.g.
turning food into energy, maintaining a reasonable brain temperature,
excreting bile into the intestine, etc.
Some of these can be classified as self control. But some of them don't
fit the category very well. However, on your side, I think it's safe to
say that _every_ behavior we engage in is accompanied by at least one,
if not lots, of self control behaviors. E.g. it's hard to shoot a duck
if your eyes are spastically wiggling around too much or you can't hold
your arms steady.
I'm wondering if a better way to say it is "maintaining an active
embedding" in the world. It's a little bit about self control and a
little bit about other control. Where the other won't bend, the self is
modified and vice versa.
Nicholas Thompson wrote at 04/23/2013 10:17 AM:
> I think the Village Pragmatist would say that all science ... all cognition,
> in fact ... grows out of the need for self control. Now, we have to be
> careful with "self-control" here, because it does not only mean, in this
> context, things like "keeping myself from flying off the handle in FRIAM
> discussions." By "self-control" is meant,"I poke the world and I see what
> happens to me." Depending on what happens, I poke the world differently
> the next time. N
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