In Plato space, yes. In actual space, 1.0 - eps. Many people have been killed by "empty" guns.
---- Frank Wimberly www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 Phone (505) 670-9918 On Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 10:17 AM Nick Thompson <nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote: > F. > > > > Hmm! > > > > Jones is in a gunfight > > Jones Knows that his opponent has only a six shooter > > Jones knows that his opponent has just fired six shots > > Jones’s opponent aims his gun at Jones > > Jones reasons that his opponent’s gun is empty > > Yet he is afraid of being shot. > > Does Jones believe that the gun is empty? > > > > By the way, given the facts stipulated, you, as a mathematician, would say > that the probability that the gun is empty is 1.0, right? > > > > > > > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > > *From:* Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] *On Behalf Of *Frank > Wimberly > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 11, 2018 10:31 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > friam@redfish.com> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] What's so bad about Scientism? > > > > De gustibus non est disputandum > > ---- > Frank Wimberly > > www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly > > https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 > > Phone (505) 670-9918 > > > > On Wed, Jul 11, 2018, 6:50 PM Nick Thompson <nickthomp...@earthlink.net> > wrote: > > G > > I think it was Quine who said, if it's the kind of thing you have to > reason about it's not a value. > > N > > Nicholas S. Thompson > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > Clark University > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of u?l? ? > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2018 3:14 PM > To: FriAM <friam@redfish.com> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] What's so bad about Scientism? > > Aha! That's good to know. Like deeply parsing Liz Phair lyrics, you > *cannot* rely on me to infer what you imply. I'm just not smart enough. > > On 07/11/2018 12:10 PM, Nick Thompson wrote: > > I was making FUN of the trolley game. I don't want to play it any more > than you do! > > -- > ☣ uǝlƃ > > ============================================================ > 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 >
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