The ball accelerated is clearly a metaphor as it implies that the ball is doing a specific thing, that the ball has behavior and probably volition. This is clearly not what you literally mean.
davew On Sat, May 8, 2021, at 4:57 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote: > "The ball accelerated at approximately 32 feet per second squared at sea > level in a vacuum." > > doesn't seem to be a metaphor to me. > > --- > Frank C. Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > > 505 670-9918 > Santa Fe, NM > > On Sat, May 8, 2021, 3:07 PM <[email protected]> wrote: >> Listen, Fella!____ >> __ __ >> It’s metaphors all the way down!____ >> __ __ >> [shoe thrown]____ >> __ __ >> n____ >> __ __ >> Nick Thompson____ >> [email protected]____ >> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/____ >> __ __ >> *From:* Friam <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Gary Schiltz >> *Sent:* Saturday, May 8, 2021 1:36 PM >> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Morphogenisis____ >> __ __ >> First of all, it's just a metaphor (ducking, the shoe barely missing my >> head) :-)____ >> __ __ >> Second of all, that description of animal development sure sounds to me like >> "following a script". ____ >> __ __ >> On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 2:23 PM <[email protected]> wrote:____ >>> This struck me: ____ >>> ____ >>> When animals develop, they don’t follow a script. Instead, responding to >>> their environment, the cells negotiate and feel their way toward a final >>> form. A fertilized egg divides, and divides again, creating a hollow ball >>> of cells called a blastula; genes instruct these cells to release >>> chemicals, and other cells, reacting to those chemical concentrations, >>> decide to migrate elsewhere or to develop into specific types of tissue. >>> Other influences—oxygen, nutrients, hormones, sometimes toxins—further >>> shape gestation. >>> https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/10/persuading-the-body-to-regenerate-its-limbs?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Daily_050821&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&bxid=5bd678d924c17c104801f684&cndid=40835928&hasha=1dc6f15a30be2d4712fae5f0e5a9a679&hashb=5e4befc88214fadc869224d7cb34d55f51451bc7&hashc=0c6ef6b7bc8221288e1f4a4ca0116d78a21ebdbe47949488640c7c54c93120fb&esrc=AUTO_PRINT&utm_term=TNY_Daily____ >>> ____ >>> First, note the reliance on psychological terms. This is the sort of >>> passage that would stimulate my teasing Hywel with, “So you see, Hywel, >>> psychology really IS the mother of all sciences.” And don’t any of you >>> DARE to come back at me with, “It’s just a metaphor.” ____ >>> ____ >>> Second, which of these two models encapsulates more closely what you >>> wizards mean by computation. Is carrying out an algorithm more like >>> “computation” or is “building a limb”? Is a salamander’s limb “computed”? >>> If so, who computes it, or is that a violation of the language of >>> computation. I know. Fools rush in where wise men fear to tread. ____ >>> ____ >>> Your loyal fool, ____ >>> ____ >>> Nic ____ >>> Nick Thompson____ >>> [email protected]____ >>> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/____ >>> ____ >>> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >>> 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/ >
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