People are prone to rationalizing their investments as their preferences. For example, some might claim they bought a house because they want a home. Another valid reason is to have equity, recognizing the practical need for shelter. Whatever the claimed motive, it is expected people will protect their investments, but it is not necessary to worship or believe in them. It is appropriate that we all have expiration dates because we will protect our investments to the harm of the greater good.
From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> on behalf of Frank Wimberly <wimber...@gmail.com> Reply-To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com> Date: Monday, April 15, 2019 at 6:24 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Everything she knows... I don't know you en vivo, Marcus, but do you deny that there exists something that you worship or are you saying that there are no people who worship nothing? I am tempted to write that in predicate calculus. In my experience some people worship science as the royal road to the truth. Nick's attachment to Peirce reminds me of some religious people's behavior, including quoting scripture. I have a similar relationship to psychoanalytic theory. I agree with you that La Mott meant that the conventional religions were not the only options when she mentioned the Muffin and St. Bob (Dylan). (I used to work in the Research Center in Child Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. The Department of Psychiatry at that time was dominated by psychoanalysts.) Frank ----------------------------------- Frank Wimberly My memoir: https://www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly My scientific publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 Phone (505) 670-9918
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