I don't think my ears do transforms like the ones I'm doing in code, they're entirely too special purpose.
-- rec -- On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 11:21 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > Roger, > > > > Aw Darn! Ok. God Speed in your work! Do your looping ears do Fourier > transforms? Inquiring deaf people want to know. > > > > N > > > > Nick Thompson > > [email protected] > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > *From:* Friam <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Roger Critchlow > *Sent:* Thursday, February 4, 2021 8:55 AM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] what complexity science says ... > > > > Nick -- > > > > I don't remember seeing it before, and I'm up to my ears in fourier > transforms and do loops, so I'm not going to try to read it now. > > > > Blove on! > > > > -- rec -- > > > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 3:28 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, Roger, > > > > Have I ever sent you THIS > <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288818273_Shifting_the_natural_selection_metaphor_to_the_group_level> > before? It makes the argument that group selected individuals will be > selected for flexibility, like some classes of immune cells, for > instance. Or honey bee workers. I am not sure how this idea works with > the idea in the paper you sent out. Flow IS an emergent trait, so that > works. But it’s hard to think of LeBron James as a “generalist”. I guess > we could argue that if his team is to have “flow”, he has to have enough > versatility NOT to do the thing he’s best at when it’s not called for by > the demands of “flow.” I certainly agree with the Aeon article that there > are “flow-catalysts” among us and that they are great to have on a team. > > > > Here is the relevant text from the article (pp 97-8). > > > > If trait-group selection is to play the role of a "genetic mechanism" in > group selection theory, then it must be the case that, for instance, groups > with more "group promoting" individuals (an aggregate trait) must be better > organized and more harmonious (emergent traits). What sorts of individuals > would be group promoting in this way? What sort of elements which, when > aggregated, would foster emergence of some group trait? The answer that > comes to mind immediately is "flexible elements." A boat would be a poor > competitor if it had all the best coxswains in the race or all the best > stroke oarsmen; but a boat with all the most educable rowers in the race > might be a very good competitor, since educable rowers could learn the > skills appropriate to each position in the boat. Thus, the relationship > between emergent traits as a selective force and trait-group selection as > an inheritance mechanism may account for why complex organizations in > nature seem so often to be composed of generalist elements that become > specialized during development to serve different functions within the > whole. Think of the body's cells, for instance, which all contain the same > genetic information but come to serve very different functions during the > course of development. Think of the neurons of the human cortex, which > become structured and organized by position and by experience. Think of the > workers in a beehive (Seeley, 1995). … > > > > The analysis of this paper . suggests another reason why humans might be > generalists--powerful group selection. Selection for aggregate properties > at any level is impotent to select for functional differentiation. It can, > however, select for differentiability. Thus, the undifferentiated brain > tissue and generalized behavior potential that characterize human beings > and that make human language and culture a possibility may be a direct > result of group selection (Boyd & Richerson, 1985; Boehm, 1997). The exact > mechanism by which this selection would come about is a combination of > group selection, which would assure that functionally integrated groups > generate more offspring groups than their nonfunctionally integrated > alternatives, and trait-group inheritance, which would assure that > aggregations of differentiable individuals are available to form > functionally integrated groups. > > > > > > Roger, I have to admit that this is one of the papers that causes me to > display “howling in the wilderness” syndrome. I think it is one of my most > interesting, both in the conclusion it reaches and in the formal analysis > of metaphor that leads to that conclusion. Yet, nobody seems to see any > reason to discuss it. Any thoughts on this quandary would be deeply > appreciated. > > > > Nick > > > > Nick Thompson > > [email protected] > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > *From:* Friam <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Roger Critchlow > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 3, 2021 8:27 AM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* [FRIAM] what complexity science says ... > > > > Thanks to hackernews: > > > > > https://aeon.co/essays/what-complexity-science-says-about-what-makes-a-winning-team > > > > -- rec -- > > > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > 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/ >
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