Oops. I meant to say I am very "tickled"! (not "ticked" :-{ )

Grant

On 6/6/11 9:48 AM, Grant Holland wrote:
I'm very ticked. The point seems to be that one <pick your favorite - philosophy, physics,...> is supreme within some dependency hierarchy of disciplines.

I wondering, epistemologically, if maybe the relationships among these disciplines are inter-dependencies that are better modeled as an autocatalytic network?

Grant

On 6/6/11 9:24 AM, Douglas Roberts wrote:
Is anybody else tickled at how this Quote Of The Week elicited a flood of philosophical observations?

--Doug

On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Robert Holmes <rob...@holmesacosta.com <mailto:rob...@holmesacosta.com>> wrote:

    From the BBC's science podcast "The Infinite Monkey Cage
    <http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/timc>":

    "Philosophy is to physics as pornography is to sex. It's cheaper,
    it's easier and some people seem to prefer it."

    —R

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