Perhaps (or perhaps not). On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Steve Smith <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>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?* >> -Arlo James Barnes >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > > > > -- > Doug Roberts > [email protected] > [email protected] > http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins > > 505-455-7333 - Office > 505-670-8195 - Cell > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- Doug Roberts [email protected] [email protected] http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell
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