"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
>
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