Re: [FRIAM] Strawson on consciousness.

2016-05-17 Thread Russ Abbott
I don't feel hijacked. Thanks for the summary of Horgan's book. Don't have much to add at this point. On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 2:44 PM Robert Wall wrote: > Hi Russ, Steve, et al., > > I should tell you that I am reading John Horgan's *The End of Science: > Facing the

Re: [FRIAM] Strawson on consciousness.

2016-05-17 Thread Robert Wall
Hi Russ, Steve, et al., I should tell you that I am reading John Horgan's *The End of Science: Facing the Limits of Knowledge in the Twilight of the Scientific Age* (2015 edition). Such an ominous title! I know. But here Horgan concludes for many scientific endeavors the job is finished [link

Re: [FRIAM] Mike Agar's New Mexican Column: State loses from one-way water dialogue

2016-05-17 Thread Merle Lefkoff
Right about everything else, Mike is wrong that "the top is hermetically sealed." Solid evidence and good logic are no longer enough. At the top of the call to action is the scaling up of grass-roots protest movements and resistance to the status quo. Non-violent direct action puts wind under

Re: [FRIAM] Mike Agar's New Mexican Column: State loses from one-way water dialogue

2016-05-17 Thread Pamela McCorduck
Thanks for sending on this discouraging report. The heart sinks. > On May 17, 2016, at 12:16 PM, Stephen Guerin > wrote: > > It was back in March but I just saw it: > >

[FRIAM] Mike Agar's New Mexican Column: State loses from one-way water dialogue

2016-05-17 Thread Stephen Guerin
It was back in March but I just saw it: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/my_view/reader-view-state-loses-from-one-way-water-dialogue/article_4662cd14-b808-5cfb-b82d-f611b9895d9d.html The New Mexico Water Dialogue held its annual gathering on Jan. 7 at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in

Re: [FRIAM] Strawson on consciousness.

2016-05-17 Thread glen ⛧
On 05/16/2016 07:55 PM, Nick Thompson wrote: > Pfft? Sorry. That's my attempt to write a raspberry ... I don't know the emoticon... =P maybe ... :-r ? Of course, pfft is a "dry" raspberry. To get the right effect, you have to stick your tongue out ... but you can't do that in polite