Nick -
Half the never-ending hurt in this world seems to come from our
thinking we know what other people's intentions are from their actions...
Talk to me a bit about what an intention is to you, what an action is
to you, and how they differ.
A simple but profound (to me) example, I have
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Douglas Roberts wrote:
Well, that certainly cleared things up!
And the most fascinating thing (for the benefit for those who know
neither I nor Doug personally
Bringing something from a P.S. up to the front:
Nick's ethical
stance would
be based on treating things that act in certain ways as equal to all other
things that act in certain ways, and it wouldn't get much more prescriptive
than that. The
acts he would be interested in would be very
: Re: [FRIAM] Nick and dishonest behavior
I am way too animistic in my instincts to go for most of this.
Eric said:
Nick's ethical stance would be based on treating things that act in certain
ways as equal to all other things that act in certain ways, and it wouldn't get
much more prescriptive
James Steiner wrote:
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Steve
Smith sasm...@swcp.com wrote:
What
is odd about this whole interchange is that I can't quite find the
point of view (all experience is 3rd person) Nick is promoting, but it
feels that it could very well be my own habit of
: Steve Smith sasm...@swcp.com
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group friam@redfish.com
Date: 6/19/2009 11:11:50 PM
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Nick and dishonest behavior
Douglas Roberts wrote:
Well, that certainly cleared things up!
And the most fascinating thing (for the benefit
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Nick and dishonest behavior
Nick wrote:
To call a man dishonest (my word, I admit, but you have embraced it) is very
harsh in my world, and seems (to me) to require a level of certainty about
another person's motives that I just don't
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Nick and dishonest behavior
Nick wrote:
To call a man dishonest (my word, I admit, but you have embraced it) is
very harsh in my world
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From: Steve Smith sasm...@swcp.com
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group friam@redfish.com
Date: 6/18/2009 10:13:40 PM
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Nick and dishonest behavior
I think we've started recursion here
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Nick and dishonest behavior
Nick wrote:
To call a man dishonest (my word, I admit, but you have embraced it) is
very harsh in my world, and seems (to me) to require a level of certainty
about another person's motives that I just don't know how you could come by
from your
Date: 6/19/2009 8:40:53 AM
Subject: RE: [FRIAM] Nick and dishonest behavior
Nick and I are on opposite sides of the consciousness debate. I think
there is an inner mind and that I experience it. Nick rejects statements
not made from the third person perspective. Perhaps the debate suffers
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Nick and dishonest
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Steve Smith sasm...@swcp.com wrote:
What is odd about this whole interchange is that I can't quite find the
point of view (all experience is 3rd person) Nick is promoting, but it feels
that it could very well be my own habit of experience and language.
What
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Abbott [russ.abb...@gmail.com]
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Nick and dishonest behavior
Nick wrote:
To call a man dishonest (my word, I admit, but you have embraced
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As I wrote
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On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Steve Smith sasm...@swcp.com wrote:
What is odd about this whole interchange is that I can't quite find the point
of view (all experience is 3rd person) Nick
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Well, that certainly cleared things up!
;-} ;-{
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Well, that certainly cleared things up!
;-} ;-{
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Nicholas Thompson
Douglas Roberts wrote:
Well, that certainly cleared things up!
And the most fascinating thing (for the benefit for those who know
neither I nor Doug personally) is that this was a wonderful illumination
for me. Nothing conclusive, but nicely expansive (for me)...
I think it is time for Doug
Nick wrote:
* To call a man dishonest (my word, I admit, but you have embraced it) is
very harsh in my world, and seems (to me) to require a level of certainty
about another person's motives that I just don't know how you could come by
from your limited experience with me. ...*
*You are
I think we've started recursion here.
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