Wow. I was just suggesting that people write, "They gave me the MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) when I applied for a job at the CIA." Or "I looked in the DSM-V (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Version 5) to see whether I agreed that Trump is a sociopath."
I hope the broader discussion has been constructive for the group. On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 5:44 PM Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Jon, > > > > On the whole I agree. But I can't help wondering if we would be a lot > > smarter if we heard from more of them. > > > > n > > I have always felt (mildly) impoverished by the participation to > subscription ratio here. It is very hard for me to believe that the > fairly small (by percentage) cohort of regular contributors is so > wyckedly smart and has "the pulse" so well that the remainder (>90%) of > the lurking subset is truly just an "audience" for our random > bloviations. I even *sometimes* want to try to understand whether if I > did a solid STFU, if that might actually leave room for 1 or more > lurkers to pitch in? Probably not on the first round or two (what is > the FriAM cycle... minutes, hours, days, variable?) but over time my > withdrawal or absence might leave room for someone else? I think there > is a term for this in model/sensitivity analysis, but it eludes me right > now.... essentially *removing* an assumed dominate variable/signal to > see how everything else correlates in it's absence? > > Maybe this bent thread might inspire a few lurkers to weigh in? > > I appreciate Jon's reference to a Pareto distribution frontier to > describe the envelope to the "ragged edge" of insider/exclusive vs > outsider/inclusive terminology. > > I personally enjoy what feels more to me like listening in on a > semi-private conversation held pairwise or a small group where the > jargon is specific enough to make me an outsider but the general tenor > or subject draws me in. I understand that *some* might want every > little subgroup in a cocktail party to "just stop talking" if A) they > don't know what they are talking about, or B) they they think they know > and don't want to be left out, but are in another conversation and/or > don't have the reserved lexicon mastered, and want more explication. > > Carry On! > > - Steve > > > > > > Nick Thompson > > [email protected] > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of jon zingale > > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 1:18 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Acronyms > > > > I am not sure that it is all that helpful to point out, but I will point > out > > that we don't come at all close to even hearing from the majority of us > let > > alone knowing what the majority of us thinks or is familiar with. > > Contributions on this forum likely follow some kind of Pareto > distribution. > > What sense would it make to target either an imagined mean or the > > contributing one-percenters? I cannot help but feel that one ought to be > > free to write what it is that compels them and to leave the analysis to > the > > critics. > > > > > > > > -- > > Sent from: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > > > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe > > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > > > > > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > -- Frank Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Research: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2
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