"Explanation …does not imply prediction." Got it. In between beers I'm positive this will come up in the conversation.
--Doug On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 9:07 PM, Nicholas Thompson < [email protected]> wrote: > Doug, Steve, **** > > ** ** > > I am a little confused about which of you is beering with Epstein, but > whichever one of you it is, please take along a copy of > http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/12/1/9.html and ask him what the hell he > was drinking when he wrote, "Explanation …does not imply prediction." If > you do download the article, please disregard the abstract which is missing > a key word in its last line. **** > > ** ** > > Nick **** > > ** ** > > *From:* Friam [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Douglas > Roberts > *Sent:* Thursday, April 11, 2013 8:42 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Whirled Happiness**** > > ** ** > > "Equilibrium", and "Josh Epstein" are not two terms that normally > correlate with each other.**** > > -Doug**** > > On Apr 11, 2013 8:39 PM, "Steve Smith" <[email protected]> wrote:**** > > Doug -**** > > > I'll be eating ribs with Josh next month in Austin, I'll try to remember > to ask him his opinion on this. > Upon consideration: no I won't. We'll be eating ribs and drinking beer and > having fun. Scientific philosophical discussion will not even emerge. > > Get it? Emerge.**** > > In my experience philosophical discussions "erupt" rather than emerge... > drinking beer, eating ribs, having fun, waxing philosophical all tend to > follow a pattern of punctuated equilibrium... > > - Steve > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com**** > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > -- *Doug Roberts [email protected]* *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> * <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-672-8213 - Mobile*
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