Dear Splatterers, And what commitments did we make when we all agreed to play the "game" game?? I think Glen will say (has said?) a commitment to non-commitment, to not taking our ideas TOO seriously, or perhaps, seriously at all. But I think the game metaphor fails just because actual games can take on only those implications that we care to give them whereas "games" like the "free will game" have negative consequences both in the field of psychology and in our every day lives. For one thing, the "free will" game is the key to a lot of vengeance. Now Bruce and Frank, with their transcendentalist leanings, might say that the idea of free will, of a private place from which all our decisions as humans come that is ineffably and essentially our own and dignifies our actions as humans, is essential to the respect we show one another. To deny it is to deny our humanity. Well, I deny it. In the first place, I don't find humans to be all that special.
I still have yet to understand Glen's idea of free will, which, on his last account, seemed to involve an application of the notion of levels of organization, which, as a student of natural design, I found very tempting, even as I didn't understand it. Got to find that post. Nick Nicholas Thompson Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology Clark University [email protected] https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ -----Original Message----- From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jon Zingale Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 10:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FRIAM] alternative response Well said, Glen. From what I glean from Marcus' comment, understanding another's commitments helps to prevent a game of Monopoly from deteriorating into a squabble over the meaning of money or property, or a game of poker from deteriorating into a squabble over the atomic structure of a playing card. That the dungeon master relies on magic to settle questions of physics is a commitment we make to the game. -- Sent from: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
