Yes, but isn't that one of the curious structures of nature, that readers inexplicably always have the last word? I suggest looking through a new kind of microscope, all sorts of new sort of living things, readers say, not a chance, nothing there but dust!
Phil Henshaw ¸¸¸¸.·´ ¯ `·.¸¸¸¸ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 680 Ft. Washington Ave NY NY 10040 tel: 212-795-4844 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] explorations: www.synapse9.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicholas Thompson > Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 2:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Friam Digest, Vol 45, Issue 18 > > > Thanks, Phil, > > there is no kindness that one academic can give another that > is greater than a reading of his work. > > I think in the New Academia, professors will be given tenure > for reading. > Any fool can write. > > I have responded off line. > > Nick > > > > [Original Message] > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Date: 3/25/2007 11:02:54 AM > > Subject: Friam Digest, Vol 45, Issue 18 > > > > Send Friam mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of Friam digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: Emergence blindness as an Adaptive Trait (Phil Henshaw) > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:29:05 -0400 > > From: "Phil Henshaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Emergence blindness as an Adaptive Trait > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'The Friday Morning Applied > > Complexity Coffee Group'" <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Thanks Nick, a rather accurate depiction I think. But as > the complaint > > displays, the fact that some individuals can see the perceptual > > problem, that people are more or less blind to emergence > for some deep > > reason, does not in itself generate a solution, like > learning how to > > see. That's what puzzles me about why absolutely no one > asks me about > > my rigorous scientific method of identifying emergent systems as > > individuals and closely watching their evolving structures . Yea, > > well, it involves a slightly different set of questions. > What would > > you expect! > > > > Learning questions is messier than learning answers > perhaps. What I do > > is start by picking questions according to whether they can > be answered. > > That's just more productive. Asking when where and how > the animation > > of local events begins and ends is one of them. That turns > out to be > > emergence, and I think all the disciplinary models fit as > > interpretations of that from different perspectives. > > > > > > Phil Henshaw ????.?? ? `?.???? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 680 Ft. Washington Ave > > NY NY 10040 > > tel: 212-795-4844 > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > explorations: www.synapse9.com <http://www.synapse9.com/> > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Nicholas Thompson > > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 12:39 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [FRIAM] Emergence blindness as an Adaptive Trait > > > > > > > > > > > > All, particularly those in the Home Church. > > > > On Wednesday, we got into it about emergence and so I > thought I would > > offer the attached file from a few years back, when the Bush > > administration was still an ugly rumor. > > > > . Here is the abstract, in case you aren't awash in free time. > > > > Nick > > > > > > > > ABSTRACT. We [me and two reluctant colleagues] hypothesize that, > > because human minds are ill prepared by natural selection > to perceive > > emergence, the achievements of groups that arise from their good > > functioning as groups easily goes unnoticed. This > perceptual flaw has > > been an obstacle for developmental science, as it has been for > > biologists who want to look at the productivity of groups > as opposed > > to the productivity of the individuals that make them up. > Humans tend > > either (1) to attribute the non-additive productivity of > the group to > > one of its members, investing him or her with special powers of > > ?leadership?, or (2 ) to invent an additional supernatural > member of the group -- a spirit or god -- to > > account for its hyper-productivity. Either method of resolving the > > cognitive problem posed by emergence is likely to make the group?s > > individuals more readily subject to the demands of group > members who > > appear to embody or speak for the source of this > hyper-productivity. > > Thus, selection at the group level will favor such cognitive > > misattributions because they make groups more coherent and enhance > > their emergent qualities. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Professor of Psychology and Ethology, Clark University > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > Research Associate, Redfish Group, Santa Fe, NM ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > http://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/attachments/200 70324/b6670a85 /attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Friam mailing list > [email protected] > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > End of Friam Digest, Vol 45, Issue 18 > ************************************* ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
