Steve, I think there would be a certain reductionist symmetry if you were to use one of my own guns to shoot me, don't you?
;-} --Doug (And how do you know that I even wear pants around the house, anyhow? I telecommute, after all. Now try to get *that* image out of your head...) On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 6:58 PM, Steve Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Doug - > > > Don't get me wrong: I do not totally reject reductionism. Well, > actually, I do, as regards to finding any utility in it for myself. But > > other people seem to swear by it, and I am truly happy for them. > > From what I know of you (for the rest of the list, Doug and are friends > off-list too), you can be *very* reductionist in your thinking and > approach to problems. You are more likely than anyone I know to reduce > the practice of putting on your pants in the morning to first placing > one foot into one leg, then the other, rather than trying to jump into > them all at once. > > On the other hand (if you have read through my treatise submitted a > few moments ago), I believe you to be one of "us" how know when > reductionism applies and when it doesn't. I can imagine that what you > might mean is that "reductionism does not apply to any of the truly > interesting problems I work on". > > I'm pretty sure that by now I've managed to develop the /ability to > > understand the emergent in terms of the phenomena from and process(es) > > by which it emerges./ (The italicized are the words you quoted. I > > don't think I'd ever say anything like that. If I ever do, would > > someone please just shoot me?) > Should I use one of your own guns or steal one from from one of our > died-in-the-wool NRA (National Reductionists Association) member friends? > > - Steve > > ============================================================ > 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 >
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