<Lilke> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Bruce Sherwood <[email protected]>wrote:
> Uh, does there have to be a reason? I'm interested just because I am > -- a portion of trying to understand as much about the Universe we > inhabit as is possible. > > To put it another way: Why are you interested in the details of the > definition or use of induction? I found that discussion massively > uninteresting and irrelevant to the actual practice of science. There > are many variants of philistinism, and of engagement. > > Bruce > > On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Nicholas Thompson > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I go back to the original question I asked Owen. Why are these fantasies > > INTERESTING?. Now, quickly, I have to admit, they don’t capture my > > imagination that well. But I also have to admit that I firmly believe > that > > NOBODY is interested in anything for nothing. IE, wherever there is an > > interest in something, there is a cognitive quandary, a seam in our > thinking > > that needs to be respected. So I assume that there IS a reason these > > fantasies are interesting [to others] and that that REASON is > interesting. > > The reason is always more pragmantic and immediate than our fighting off > > being absorbed into a black hole. Speaking of which: Weren’t the > > Kardashians some race on some planet on StarTrek. What color where THEIR > > noses? And how did the writers of StarTrek know they were coming > > > > > > > > Nick > > ============================================================ > 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 > -- Doug Roberts [email protected] [email protected] http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell
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