Borges had an illustrious career making up literary references. Perhaps you should consider writing short stories... :-) I believe it is Daniel Kahneman (among others) who talks about our propensity to "fill in the blanks" or "complete the picture".
Joe


On 1/9/15 11:23 PM, Nick Thompson wrote:
Hi, Gary,

Thanks for trying.  I was prepared by my elders to lose my memory to
some degree when I grew old, but I was not prepared to discover that I
was making new ones up!  When I went to google the book this evening, I
had absolutely no doubt that it would turn up at the top of the list.  I
am totally boggled.

No, I know Bowles.  He’s a group selection guy, among other things.
He’s also from Umass, right around the corner from me in Massachusetts.

I have to admit, I am starting to find this a bit scary.

Nick

Nicholas S. Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology

Clark University

http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/

*From:*Friam [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Gary Schiltz
*Sent:* Friday, January 09, 2015 9:30 PM
*To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
*Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Help!

Just a Google inspired SWAG, but does
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Bowles_(economist) seem plausible?

On Friday, January 9, 2015, Nick Thompson <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

    Hi, everybody,

    I am having one of those senior moments when  I either am
    remembering something that never was or cannot remember the details
    of something that was.

    A few years back, there was a visitor, external faculty member, what
    have you, at the Santa Fe Institute who wrote a book (I swear!)
    entitled */Democracy in the Forest/*.  He commuted for a time from
    UCLA, or some other LA university.  The book title does not pop,
    although several entries regarding a book with a similar title do.

    I have enough trouble remembering the things I remember without
    making up things to forget, so I am hoping one of you can remember him.

    Nick

    Nicholas S. Thompson

    Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology

    Clark University

    http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/



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