I did want to call one thing out, though; > On Jul 24, 2025, at 8:54, Nicholas Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > NICK ASKS: I have argued with my complexity colleagues that their use of the > term is extremely unfortunate and that they ought to use the term structure > formation instead. Can you go up and down both sides of that argument?
I believe that parses as: I don’t understand what you mean, so I take it that you probably don’t actually mean something. And therefore my response to what you are saying is an improvement on what you are saying. Very human impulse, but I think an impulse that one often regrets not fighting off. Since I commit this error about once a day, it is never far from my mind. Eric
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