MUDDYING UP!??? Glen, you're talking about my LIFE'S WORK!!!! You did mean to say, "Adding purified essence of wisdom," right? (};-)]
Thank god for Eric's distillation. Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ -----Original Message----- From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of glen ? Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 11:17 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The root of personality disorders On 01/18/2017 07:38 PM, Nick Thompson wrote: > Here is your assignment for tomorrow. I am a (proud) C student. So, of course, I will never meet your deadlines. 8^) > https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281410347_Comparative_psychol > ogy_and_the_recursive_structure_of_filter_explanations > > There will be a quiz: What is the difference between a circular explanation > and a recursive one. What is the key dimension that determines whether an > explanation is viciously circular? Is the virtuus dormitiva viciously > circular? Why? Why not? It would help if you would distill your argument, here, rather than muddying it up with the natural selection, adaptation example. Would you mind doing that? -- ☣ glen ============================================================ 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-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove ============================================================ 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-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
