Nick - I took your "don't bend my thread!" admonition as mostly good natured ribbing of yourself and all of us for our feral thread hygiene here.
And I (as is common) took it as an invitation to try to tie the whole (set of) thread(s) into a Gordian Knot (the last image in my reply was supposed to be captioned "Gordian Knot")... Like all healthy communities, I'm glad to see continued "good natured heckling" amongst the most vocal here. Carry On! - Steve > Marcus, > > If your are correct that the comment "self-comstrained" then I was fool to > pay any attention to it whatsoever. Fools rush in... etc. > > n > > Nick Thompson > [email protected] > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Marcus Daniels > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 1:16 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Friam Norms of Thread Bending > > I think the note about Arnold self-contained. I can't think more to say > about that. I was perfectly happy to bend the thread again, if only on > principle. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 12:10 PM > To: 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' <[email protected]> > Subject: [FRIAM] Friam Norms of Thread Bending > > Three comments: > > While I accept (and enact) the general rule that threads will be bent and we > shouldn't get our knickers in a twist about it, I don't think that precludes > a request from one of us not to bend a particular thread. > On what planet is "please" coercive? > You-guys aren't, by any chance, confusing Deconstruction, Reconstruction, and > Destruction? > > > Nick Thompson > [email protected] > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Marcus Daniels > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 12:27 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] WAS Friday Fodder IS NOW: dangly bits > > Oh, I was thinking of people that just forward some other document, > presumably one they agree with. Then they are startled when it gets > deconstructed. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of u?l? ??? > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 11:16 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] WAS Friday Fodder IS NOW: dangly bits > > Well, to be fair, construction is more difficult than destruction (though > perhaps not more difficult than de-construction). So if an OP submits a > construct, especially one that's easy to tear down in a disrespectful way, > it's competent practice to be gentle and precise when making one's incisions. > > But what I see, mostly, is people who simply want to talk and enjoy the > sounds of their own voice, their own subject, their own universe of discourse > [⛧], which always nudges a good faith critic back onto their heels. So, > competent criticism in wild and woolly fora like this one often comes in the > form of blunt rejection of OP premises. > > > [⛧] Tu quoque warning! Just because I'm a hypocrite doesn't mean I'm wrong. > > On 3/23/21 10:45 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote: >> I've had several experiences in the working world where people do seem to >> give special status to the original post. In the politically correct view, >> the original post is one where we can reflect on its wisdom (and sometimes >> apply thumbs-up or smiley-face emoticons) but it is awkward and frowned upon >> to question any premises in the referenced article! To me it all seems >> like a coercive way to control conversations. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of u?l? ??? >> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 10:28 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] WAS Friday Fodder IS NOW: dangly bits >> >> Oooooooh! A refusal to eat one's own dog food >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_your_own_dog_food>. That's a heinous >> crime! >> >> A complete conversation about spandrels must include thread bending. >> >> On 3/23/21 10:17 AM, [email protected] wrote: >>> “Tangential” would seem to understate the case. Please reply here >>> if you want to talk about Arnold’s dangly bitsl Please please do not gum >>> up a perfectly good conversation about spandrels. > > -- > ↙↙↙ 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 > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 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 > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 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 > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 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 > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 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 > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . 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