Whereas "the wet edge of science" brings to mind ... ? A cooked noodle?
-- Russ On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 12:05 AM, Nicholas Thompson < [email protected]> wrote: > Jochen, > > I take metaphors VERY seriously; I think they are the wet edge of science. > > But a metaphor is only as good as its heuristic power and i can't see what > this one implies. > > N > > Nicholas S. Thompson > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, > Clark University ([email protected]) > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/<http://home.earthlink.net/%7Enickthompson/naturaldesigns/> > http://www.cusf.org [City University of Santa Fe] > > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Jochen Fromm <[email protected]> > > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > > Date: 5/6/2010 4:10:46 AM > > Subject: [FRIAM] The coat hook of the mind > > > > Bergson allegedly said that the brain is the > > coat hook of the mind ("das Gehirn ist der > > Kleiderhaken des Geistes"), but I can't pin > > down the origin of this quote. > > > > In modern language, one could say that the brain > > is like a wire frame model or polygon mesh of the > > mind: the vertices correspond to neural assemblies, > > and the edges to connections betwen them. > > > > Are these metaphors useful? > > > > -J. > > > > > > > > ============================================================ > > 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 >
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