There may be collaborators who would be eager to help in such a project: http://kingjamesprogramming.tumblr.com/
Eric > On Sep 15, 2017, at 8:49 PM, Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com> wrote: > > I wonder if a Trump-like candidate bot could be built using a genetic program > and some natural language processing code. One could follow Breitbart or > similar outlets to form a corpus of phrases. Then the GP would tweak the > diagram and words in the sentence and post it to Twitter. It would keep the > sentences that got Likes and throw away the sentences that did not, and > continue its evolution. That's the whole world view as far as I can tell. > > Marcus > From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> on behalf of Roger Critchlow > <r...@elf.org> > Sent: Friday, September 15, 2017 6:09:06 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The World Turned Upside Down (and what to do about it) > > I guess the point is that politicians are guaranteed to try these lies out, > to the limit that their consciences (assuming there is one) allow, so you > have to keep shouting back at them that they lie, not only is it a lie, it's > a horrible lie which hurts these people this way and you should be ashamed > for saying it. > > In the Peircian ecology of political ideas, the electorate (or someone) must > act as the conscience of politics, the politician flails around trying to > move the world away from the horrible things that already exist, and the > electorate tries to keep us from moving to places where even more horrible > things live. > > But the further point I'm seeing is that you can't just stand there saying: > "Liar". You have to call out the lie and explain why the lie is a horrible > lie, one that will shame everyone who allows it to be repeated and acted > upon, and that it should never have been spoken in the first place, and > should never be spoken again. > > But most of Trump's lies are too puerile to deserve that kind of response, > they deserve extended ridicule rather than righteous condemnation. > > -- rec -- > > > > > On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 2:04 PM, Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com> wrote: > Roger writes: > > "The lies that bind political coalitions together, the art of the possible > fiction which might be brought to horrible life, ... " > > It is ugly, but it is irresponsible to pretend it could be otherwise. > > Marcus > From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> on behalf of Roger Critchlow > <r...@elf.org> > Sent: Friday, September 15, 2017 11:15:50 AM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The World Turned Upside Down (and what to do about it) > > The lies that bind political coalitions together, the art of the possible > fiction which might be brought to horrible life, ... > > -- rec -- > > On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 12:41 PM, gⅼеɳ ☣ <geprope...@gmail.com> wrote: > But did the Mexican Repatriation also include things like rape, burning > villages, and indiscriminant execution? I can imagine it did, but would > rather not believe it. > > It's still so jarring to me, given the cultural appropriation of Buddhism in > Western developed countries, to hear phrases like "nationalist Buddhists" and > such. With Israel, I grew up with the contradiction of the Jews I knew, who > were entirely kind and intellectual, versus those confiscating land from > Arabs. So, I've been exposed to that dissonance all my life. But my only > exposure to Buddhism as a kid was through my CCD teacher, who probably had a > *very* stilted understanding. > > On 09/14/2017 06:31 PM, Steven A Smith wrote: > > Right here in River City (well, mostly California, but throughout the US) > > the 1930's "Mexican Repatriation Act" deported on the order of 1-2M US > > Citizens because of their ethnicity (along with a smaller number of > > non-Citizens more recently immigrated from Mexico), qualifying for our > > modern definition of "ethnic cleansing". > > -- > ☣ gⅼеɳ > > ============================================================ > 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 > > ============================================================ > 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
