Ah, the excluded middle strikes again:
"...was an intuition without a precise justification..." Who ever said that justification had to be precise? Can there not be probable justification? You hear a sharp noise as you are walking in the street and you duck. The chances that that small motion will actually save you from any harm are one in a million, yet, hey!, the cost is minimal and the potential gain is high. By the way, speaking of ducks, how do you tell if your doctor is a bad doctor. Well, you ask him a difficult medical question, and if he ducks, he’s a quack. 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 Prof David West Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2019 9:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The fruits of abduction and, is an ansatz, more or less, a formalized metaphor? davew On Thu, Feb 14, 2019, at 8:40 AM, <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] wrote: > > The problem is that Born’s rule was not really more than a smart > > guess — > >> there was no fundamental reason that led Born to propose it. “It > >> was an intuition without a precise justification,†said Adán > >> Cabello < <https://personal.us.es/adan/home.htm> > >> https://personal.us.es/adan/home.htm>, a quantum theorist > >> at the University of Seville in Spain. > > Isn't that what an "Ansatz" is? (A quick Googling suggests maybe not. > But it seems similar to me...) > > > ============================================================ > 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> > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives back to 2003: <http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/> > http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC <http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/> > 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> http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives back to 2003: <http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/> http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC <http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/> http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
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