I don't even see it as pub talk. But I don't really go to pubs, pandemic or not, so I wouldn't know. Philosophy is motivational to me: Why the hell should I grab a cup of coffee and give a damn about problem X? What bloody difference does it make?
-----Original Message----- From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of u?l? ??? Sent: Monday, September 28, 2020 8:10 AM To: FriAM <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] my data is bigger Ha! I don't know why that's *damning*. I think it should be clear that FriAM isn't scientific, but peri-scientific, similar to a pub. It's a little less pub-like in that we sporadically link to data and argue about data ... which is more difficult in a pub, even with smartphones everywhere. Now had you included the sentence: "Etiquette is what has created the modern world.", THEN THAT would be damning. 8^D On 9/28/20 7:50 AM, Roger Frye wrote: > The article ends with a damning argument about FRIAM: > > On one level, it’s ironic to find a philosopher—a professional > talker—arguing that science was born when philosophical talk was > exiled to the pub. On another, it makes sense that a philosopher would > be attuned to the power of how we talk and argue. [...] > > > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 6:53 AM Roger Critchlow <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/10/05/how-does-science-really- > work -- ↙↙↙ uǝlƃ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . 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/
