Re: [FRIAM] on Feynman, again

2017-10-12 Thread Steven A Smith
Glen/Marcus - Once again, a nicely chewy (if mildly pithy) exchange here: To try to summarize my own responses...   I think Glen is suggesting (via Aaronson quotes/references) that some folks believe that by invoking an aphorism of a well-respected/famous person and finding fault with it

Re: [FRIAM] on Feynman, again

2017-10-12 Thread gⅼеɳ ☣
On 10/12/2017 03:25 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > >> The Grandfather Of Alt-Science >> https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-grandfather-of-alt-science/ > > Like upsides to global warming, perhaps there are benefits to the > irrationality of scientists, like Robinson's and others'. > It

Re: [FRIAM] on Feynman, again

2017-10-12 Thread Marcus Daniels
Like upsides to global warming, perhaps there are benefits to the irrationality of scientists, like Robinson's and others'. It suggests that science is an activity or an algorithm, that can be conducted in parallel with arbitrary if closely-held beliefs. But I'm cynical. I'm inclined to think

Re: [FRIAM] on Feynman, again

2017-10-12 Thread gⅼеɳ ☣
Yep. One of my homunculi does that to his brethren. This came out today: The Grandfather Of Alt-Science https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-grandfather-of-alt-science/ Anyone whose spent any time in Oregon knows this whack job. And my apex predator of the signaling world homunculus

Re: [FRIAM] on Feynman, again

2017-10-12 Thread Marcus Daniels
"Apex predator of the signaling world." Cute, know it well. -Original Message- From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of g??? ? Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2017 3:37 PM To: FriAM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] on Feynman, again I know. I just thought it

Re: [FRIAM] on Feynman, again

2017-10-12 Thread gⅼеɳ ☣
I know. I just thought it was an interesting post. That we'd recently discussed Feynman was only a segue. I could also have used Russell as the segue, since Marcus quoted him in our thread. The 1st part of Aaronson's post re: Gowers is more interesting than the later stuff. On 10/12/2017

Re: [FRIAM] on Feynman, again

2017-10-12 Thread Nick Thompson
Glen, etc. I took issue not with Feynman as a person, but with the off-quoted "aphorism", attributed to him, that scientists have no more use for philosophy of science than birds have for ornithology. The only reason birds don't have use for ornithology is that they can't read. I assume

[FRIAM] on Feynman, again

2017-10-12 Thread gⅼеɳ ☣
Since we recently went 'round about quoting and criticizing people who quote Feynman, I thought this would be interesting. https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=3488 > if you write, for example, that Richard Feynman was a self-aggrandizing > chauvinist showboater, then even if your remarks

Re: [FRIAM] Chriopracter(sp) what takes insurances?

2017-10-12 Thread Gillian Densmore
Moving the hurting part might somehow help it heal. I have no idea how. or why though. Chi Gong excersizes, yoga, resting the neck on a rolled pillow and just getting up and moving, walking etc.Is helping the tech Nech part. I have no idea why. On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 9:47 AM, ┣glen┫

Re: [FRIAM] Chriopracter(sp) what takes insurances?

2017-10-12 Thread Gillian Densmore
OH! that sounds like one of Scot Mcneally(?)'s projects while he was at SUN. I simply don't know if if was a SUN per SUN project or one of personel interest. Andy Ruhen (Android guy) I thought had something like that in the works before his stint with Google I/O Sunk Works. On Thu, Oct 12, 2017

Re: [FRIAM] Chriopracter(sp) what takes insurances?

2017-10-12 Thread ┣glen┫
That's interesting. Tennis doesn't strike me as particularly good for any part of the body, especially all that herky-jerky jumping back and forth. But there's no doubt that *any* activity is good. And "alive" coordination with and against other actors in the world is a notch above what I