Re: [FRIAM] 2019 - The end of Trumpism

2018-12-28 Thread Steven A Smith
oops... originally sent only to Marcus by mistake... On 12/28/18 6:59 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote: https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/28/politics/maine-governor-certifies-congressional-election/index.html *From:* Steven A Smith *

Re: [FRIAM] Abduction

2018-12-28 Thread Nick Thompson
Hi, Everybody, I have been writing this email for most of the last week. While I am loath to argue with Frank on matters of logic and mathematics, I think his solution violates Peirce’s project by making our understanding of truth dependent on our understanding of Real, rather than, as P

Re: [FRIAM] An Overview of Dark Matter – Sasha Manu – Medium

2018-12-28 Thread Marcus Daniels
"Here's a link I'd like to share with Friam--very different thoughts for the New Year. https://breakermag.com/trapped-at-sea-with-cryptos-nouveau-riche/ " Hilarious article. Truth is I'd probably be tired of her too (and vice versa) after the ordeal if I had been along for the trip. Not sur

[FRIAM] Is their a number to call re: historic side of towns poor road maintence?

2018-12-28 Thread Gillian Densmore
Anyone know if their is a number to call to reach a human about the bad road maintenance? My thinking is instead of getting to bent...maybe call them to a few times to get the roads claid and salted. Surely their's a number to call. One neibore doesn't think that'll do much good, the other's driv

Re: [FRIAM] An Overview of Dark Matter – Sasha Manu – Medium

2018-12-28 Thread Merle Lefkoff
Thanks, Owen, for sharing this link. In February, through crazy circumstances, I've been invited to Switzerland to CERN for some privileged tours. I'm taking my 15-year old granddaughter with me so that she can explain it all. Here's a link I'd like to share with Friam--very different thoughts f

Re: [FRIAM] An Overview of Dark Matter – Sasha Manu – Medium

2018-12-28 Thread Owen Densmore
On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 5:47 PM Nick Thompson wrote: > FWIW, I define it as the fundamental, unarticulated, inexplicit “picture” > of the world that lies the way a person thinks and argues. > > > > Owen, if you had to define it, how would you? I have always sensed that > you computer folk have a

Re: [FRIAM] strawman fallacy

2018-12-28 Thread Marcus Daniels
Glen writes: < Such wilting rhetoric makes an actual individualist like the Unabomber seem more upstanding and trustworthy ... and that inference is just plain dangerous. > He gave a coherent description of this aspect of the individualist psychology and a need for dignity above all else.

[FRIAM] strawman fallacy

2018-12-28 Thread ∄ uǝʃƃ
In support (that he likely doesn't want) of Marcus' constraints on the wiggle room allowed to "individualists", I've often wondered about the VERY common accusation of "strawman!", as a response to criticism. To put my wonder in context, I saw this article on a very liberally biased website (Ra

Re: [FRIAM] Abduction

2018-12-28 Thread ∄ uǝʃƃ
Ha! In light of the g-conjecture news, you sent me on an interesting journey trying to find out why a philosopher of science would have contributed to simplicial complexes. The answer is Adolf ≠ Branko! 8^) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branko_Gr%C3%BCnbaum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A

Re: [FRIAM] Abduction

2018-12-28 Thread Eric Smith
Thanks for this Glen, To your points below: I don’t want to sound like I am propounding some totalizing system, or even the position that one exists, much less that I could say what it is. I am very strongly on the side of heterarchy, and I fully concur with the arguments you put behind the p