We love our "flocking" models but FRIAM is less of a 'birds-of-a-feather' group than something much harder to similize. It feels to me that some of our conversations are a bit flocky or schooly (rarely herdy) but others are more geophysical like flares or eruptions... a good schoolyard "pileon" occasionally happens as well... and then there are... as we are now contemplating, the long dark-tea-times of our collective-soul.
On 9/12/19 10:04 AM, Gary Schiltz wrote: > FRIAM is such a strange beast. At times full of philosophical > discourse that flies far above my head, other times full of > irreverent inanities that defy categorization, and occasionally even > with something to do with complexity. And then the periodic deafening > silence that makes me realize just how much I would miss it if it were > to go away. Long live FRIAM. > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 10:45 AM Nick Thompson > <nickthomp...@earthlink.net <mailto:nickthomp...@earthlink.net>> wrote: > > Frank, Dave, > > > > Well I AM tied up with relocation issues, so haven’t been paying > close attention, but … > > > > I just did a search in my inbox and there is nothing from FRIAM > from 24 August on. > > > > I have always understood that the Friam-Owner. is like the wine > pourer at a classical “symposium”, more or less watering the wine > to maintain the flow and quality of the conversation. He won’t > admit to it of course, but every once in a while He “shuts me off” > from friam when He thinks I have become too … agitated? I assume > He is also gently modulating your contributions in the same way, > as a beneficent god should. I don’t know how He gets the time to > do it, but nothing else could possibly explain the fact that > sometimes our emails just go missing for a while. So, I didn’t > get alarmed when I stopped receiving FRIAM correspondence in late > August. I just assumed that the All Powerful Friam-Owner was > giving me a rest. > > > > Thank you APF-O. We love you and worship you. > > > > Nick > > > > Ps. Let me know if you don’t get this message. (};-\) > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > > *From:*Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com > <mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com>] *On Behalf Of *Frank Wimberly > *Sent:* Thursday, September 12, 2019 8:02 AM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > <friam@redfish.com <mailto:friam@redfish.com>> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] query and observation > > > > Dave, > > > > The Friam list remains as you can see but is sort of a trickle. I > posted a couple of items about the Cooper/Colbert interview and > something I can't remember but they weren't up to the high > intellectual standard which engages you, Glen, Marcus, Nick, et > al. Glen did comment insightfully. Nick will be back in Santa Fe > soon; maybe the change in location will stimulate him. > > > > 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 > > > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2019, 12:42 AM Prof David West > <profw...@fastmail.fm <mailto:profw...@fastmail.fm>> wrote: > > Hello All, > > Traffic on the FRIAM list seems to have ground to a halt, from > my reception point in Amsterdam - i.e. I have seen nothing for > some time. Not in spam filter, so question is has the list > trickled to a stop or just not making it across the Atlantic.? > > Observation: an interesting coincidence arising from reading a > new book, The Case Against Reality, How evolution hid the > truth from our eyes, by Donald D. Hoffman, professor of > cognitive science at UC Irvine. Main thesis is that what we > perceive is but a constructed, via evolution, "interface" and > not a veridical perception of "Reality." > > Not a new idea but the evolution / survival / fittest being > the ones that see the optimal interface instead of what is > behind the interface is interesting. > > Coincidence comes from simultaneously rereading Heidegger and > Gadamer, and even some Peirce, and seeing apparent parallels > between "interface,: "interpretation," and "experience." > Feels like a lot of Nick's Monism convictions might be > illuminated by looking at these works in juxtaposition. > > dave west > > ============================================================ > 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 > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.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 > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.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 > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
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