Very funny image. ---- Frank Wimberly
www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 Phone (505) 670-9918 On Sat, Jul 7, 2018, 7:56 PM Marcus Daniels <[email protected]> wrote: > In the thunderstorm scenario, he’d likely take his 100 lbs to the high > ground in his own bedroom. He wouldn’t want to have his sister, who > insists on sleeping on me, thunderstorm or not, raining down on him in some > hysterical frenzy. > > > > *From: *Nick Thompson <[email protected]> > *Date: *Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 7:34 PM > *To: *Marcus Daniels <[email protected]> > *Cc: *Friam <[email protected]> > *Subject: *RE: [FRIAM] What's so bad about Scientism? > > > > Marcus, > > > > The doubts you cite are REAL because we will see you act upon them. We > will see you test the floor for something furry. Lorenzo allows you to > deny him your bed during a thunderstorm! You are a stern master. > > > > N > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > > *From:* Marcus Daniels [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Saturday, July 07, 2018 9:01 PM > *To:* Nick Thompson <[email protected]>; 'The Friday Morning > Applied Complexity Coffee Group' <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] What's so bad about Scientism? > > > > *<*So when you say, “I doubt everything” that MEANS to me that you do > nothing.> > > > > It just means that memory and perception are provisional or even > probabilistic. > > > > So, when you put your feet out to the floor in the middle of the night, do > you doubt that the floor is there? > > > > I do doubt that it is safe for me to put my feet down, because I know the > floor can be obscured by my big dog Lorenzo who likes to sleep there, but > not all of the time. If there was a huge thunderstorm and hours of rain > before I went to sleep if I might not be hugely surprised to find water on > the floor. If I recently cleaned the room, I might move the bed a few > centimeters and that would be enough to invalidate my motor memory and I > might bang my head on the bedpost. (I’ve done this.) > > > > < Here’s an example. Because of my recent bout of vertigo, I have > moments of doubting that the world around is stable. Under those > conditions, I cannot walk. REAL doubt (sensu pragmatico) is a nasty > business. > > > > > I sometimes have very low blood pressure if I wake-up at an unusual > time. I may find on the way to get a glass of water I’m in the process of > passing out. The first time that happened it was a surprise, but now I > start getting my head down realizing that there are just seconds of > consciousness left if I do not. At no point do I think the lighting in > the room is changing because I am experiencing tunnel vision or that I’m on > a roller-coaster because I feel my stomach drop. > > > > If the relationship between signals and their consequences become > low-quality, one can adapt to be more model-based. Not because the models > are true, but just because the alternative is worse. If you are saying > that in the situation that perceptions and thoughts are both doubted, then > then it is not skepticism, it is madness. > > > > Marcus > ============================================================ > 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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