Frank, and all,
Sorry. I had no desire to be offensive. I thought in my [perhaps overly-single minded way] that a good way to honor his memory would be to carry forward the discussion. But, perhaps too soon. I apologize. Speaking for myself, speaking OF myself, if I thought my death might provoke a flurry of honest conversations about the things I most care about, I might consider that a fair bargain. Take care, all, Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University <http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frank Wimberly Sent: Friday, June 22, 2018 2:33 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Hywel Intellectualization stands no chance as a defense against the reality of the death of our friends. ---- Frank Wimberly www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly <http://www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly> https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 Phone (505) 670-9918 On Fri, Jun 22, 2018, 10:52 AM Nick Thompson <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Barry, Isn't it an Abductive process? Surely not inductive. Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ -----Original Message----- From: Friam [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Barry MacKichan Sent: Friday, June 22, 2018 10:09 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Hywel I second Jon’s thoughts about Hywel’s contribution to our small group reading a gauge theory book. I came to appreciate Hywel’s point of view. In mathematics, we prove theorems starting with axioms or hypotheses. In spite the surpassing usefulness of mathematics in physics, it really boils down to trying to match a mathematical model to reality, and this always is an inductive process, not deductive. It’s not surprising that an experimental physicist will be more critical of some models, no matter how beautiful they may be mathematically. We will miss him and his thundering “Wrong!” --Barry On 22 Jun 2018, at 1:56, Jon Zingale wrote: > Thank you for passing this sad news on to friam. > I will miss Hywel very much and often enjoyed his contributions to our > gauge field theory book group over the last year. His sense of humor > often brought a chuckle and smile to my face. Hywel's unique > perspective on matters of physics and its tenuous relation to the > platonic world of numbers provided much food for my thought. After > all, 'Mathematics is ok, but it's better to know what you are doing' > :) ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe > at St. John's College to unsubscribe > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
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