Re: [FRIAM] on Feynman, again

2017-10-13 Thread gⅼеɳ ☣
I think it's natural for someone struggling toward an objective to accept resources from wherever. A useful example is the Templeton Foundation's funding. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Templeton_Foundation They fund some cool stuff, e.g. https://u.osu.edu/friedman.8/. But the TF's

Re: [FRIAM] on Feynman, again

2017-10-13 Thread cody dooderson
eople with the same skills to balance things out. Sure, there >> is herd behavior in all kinds of people, even the science-policy elites in >> Washington. Is there some harm being done by them other than to direct >> money in a worthy direction that happens not to be to him? The cont

Re: [FRIAM] on Feynman, again

2017-10-12 Thread Steven A Smith
ot; - Albert Einstein -Original Message- From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of g??? ? Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2017 4:01 PM To: FriAM <friam@redfish.com> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] on Feynman, again Yep. One of my homunculi does that to his brethren. This came

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
vious that our technology has exceeded our humanity." - Albert Einstein -Original Message- From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of g??? ? Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2017 4:01 PM To: FriAM <friam@redfish.com> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] on Feynman, again Yep. One

Re: [FRIAM] on Feynman, again

2017-10-12 Thread gⅼеɳ ☣
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 <friam@redfish.com> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] on

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 <friam@redfish.com> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] on Feynman, again I know.

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
friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of g??? ? Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2017 3:03 PM To: FriAM <friam@redfish.com> Subject: [FRIAM] on Feynman, again Since we recently went 'round about quoting and criticizing people who quote Feynman, I thought this would be interesting. https://www.scottaaronson.

[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