[FRIAM] FRIAM and causality

[Nicholas Thompson]

Hywel, 

This proves that one can get a fight about ANYTHING in Friam.  

A uniformly white wall only becomes a pattern when it is bounded by something, no?   And, in that case, it is part of a pattern.  

But I confess, I am starting to forget why I care about this.  Let's see.  It had something to do with causality being a pattern in history and without non-instances of the cause (presumably followed by non-instances of the effect) causality is not defined, just as a white wall does  not become a white wall until it is bounded.  Notice that one cannot even ask the question without implicitly creating a bound ..... "wall".  

I here's it's a bit chilly in Santa Fe.  

Basking by the Bay in Houston, 

I am,  

Faithfully yours, 

Nick 
 

 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Hywel White 
To: nickthompson at earthlink.net;The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group;Robert Holmes
Sent: 11/21/2007 10:28:25 AM 
Subject: RE: [FRIAM] FRIAM and causality


Nick, White is not a color it is a distribution of wavelengths (colors) and so the characteristics of the wavelength distribution is a pattern.  Hywel
 



From: friam-bounces at redfish.com [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf Of Nicholas Thompson
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 11:05 PM
To: Robert Holmes
Cc: Friam at redfish.com
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] FRIAM and causality
 
Robert, 
 
I would say "no".  
 
So now we have found the foundation of our disagreement -- the point upon which we can agree to disagree. 
 
NIck 
 
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Robert Holmes 
To: nickthompson at earthlink.net;The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Sent: 11/19/2007 7:37:15 AM 
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] FRIAM and causality
 
On Nov 18, 2007 11:58 AM, Nicholas Thompson <nickthompson at earthlink.net> wrote:
Robert, 
 
Does a blank white wall have a "pattern" on it? 
 
Nick 
 

Nick - YES - Robert 
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