Nick, Would the claim that there are more rational numbers (fractions, loosely speaking) than integers be an example of the common experience of the world?
Frank --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 11:38 AM Nicholas Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > Jon Z and Frank have me reading Cormac McCarthy. I have started with his > last book, Stella Maris (?Star of the Sea?). It is the dialogue that > each of us has always wished we had with our psychiatrist . It is witty, > often funny, makes lots of references to Los Alamos, is always engaging, > and sometimes deep. I am enjoying it and may have to read it a second > time. > > In the following lines, the patient character expresses an opinion on the > central issue of Pragmat[ic]ism. > > *Patient:] …The world you live in is shored some up by a collection of > agreements. Is that something you think about? The hope is that the truth > of the world somehow lies in the common experience of it. Of course the > history of science and mathematics and even philosophy is a good bit at > odds with this notion. Innovation and discovery by definition war against > the common understanding. One should be wary. What do you think? [pp > 91-2]* > > I am not going to comment. I just thought you might like to have the > quote to mull over. > > Nick > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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