Glen, You wrote:
> Just because they act as if they believe it doesn't mean they are > convicted to the belief. Glen, I LIKED THIS. I particularly liked it, though, because of the odd usage of convicted (for convinced). Was that a sllip of the fingers, or perhaps you are starting a new meme? N Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, Clark University ([email protected]) http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ http://www.cusf.org [City University of Santa Fe] > [Original Message] > From: glen e. p. ropella <[email protected]> > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> > Date: 12/2/2009 3:04:04 PM > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Game theorists hope to solve world's crises > > Quoting Nicholas Thompson circa 09-12-02 01:32 PM: > > So, I live in a pre keplerian village. On a hill in the middle of > > the village is a monastery where lives a monk who rings a bell at > > sunrise every day. A model explanation circulates around the village > > that the sun is attached to the Monk's bellrope and that it is his > > ringing the bell that raises the sun. Many people in the village > > take this model to be "true" (wetftm) and conduct their lives in > > accordance with it. Are they WACKO? > > Just because they act as if they believe it doesn't mean they are > convicted to the belief. > > In any distribution of people who act as if they believe something, > you'll find that some are true believers, some have doubts, and some > just act that way because it's socially the easiest/best thing to do. > > Those that were true believers were wacko. Those that sometimes doubted > the belief were sane. Those that just did it because everyone else did > it were also sane (though perhaps weak-minded). > > -- > glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://agent-based-modeling.com > > > ============================================================ > 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
