[FRIAM] Motives - Was Abduction

[Steven A Smith]

I think I want to be a Springbok!  I feel as if I've slipped sideways 
into the alternate reality presented in the movie _The Lobster_ .

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK6i2Ivlphw


> Ok, Marcus, I am standing my ground as a realist here: ():-[)
>
> You cannot be against categories because you cannot TALK without 
> categories.  “person” and “dog” are categories. Yes, the thought they 
> call up in me is inevitably wrong in some respect.  I see you with 
> Korgies, but they are actually Irish Wolf Hounds.  You cannot bake a 
> sentence without breaking some categories, yet the categories endure. 
> Something about the category is real.
>
> So, if you are not against categorization, per se, and since all 
> categories do violence of one sort or another, you must be against 
> categories that do more violence than they do good. So, when I called 
> you a gazelle, what violence did I do? Would I have done better to 
> call you a Wildebeest?  Would I be more or less disappointed in my 
> expectations had I called you a Springbok?
>
> Nick
>
> Nicholas S. Thompson
>
> Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology
>
> Clark University
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/
>
> *From:*Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] *On Behalf Of *Marcus 
> Daniels
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 08, 2019 3:06 PM
> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group 
> <friam at redfish.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Motives - Was Abduction
>
> Can you please stop labeling and categorizing things?   Your labels 
> aren’t real.   I am a person that supports the lifestyle of two dogs.
>
> *From: *Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com 
> <mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com>> on behalf of Nick Thompson 
> <nickthompson at earthlink.net <mailto:nickthompson at earthlink.net>>
> *Reply-To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group 
> <friam at redfish.com <mailto:friam at redfish.com>>
> *Date: *Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 2:58 PM
> *To: *'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' 
> <friam at redfish.com <mailto:friam at redfish.com>>
> *Subject: *Re: [FRIAM] Motives - Was Abduction
>
> Marcus,
>
> Well, see that just proves the point.  Not only can I not speak your 
> lion-language, I accuse you of being a gazelle.  I apologize to all 
> you lions out there.  By the way, what DO you call yourselves?
>
> N
>
> Nicholas S. Thompson
>
> Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology
>
> Clark University
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/
>
> *From:*Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] *On Behalf Of *Marcus 
> Daniels
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 08, 2019 2:20 PM
> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group 
> <friam at redfish.com <mailto:friam at redfish.com>>
> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Motives - Was Abduction
>
> Nick writes:
>
> **
>
> *“*Much better, perhaps, than I understand software engineers.”
>
> I would be surprised if anyone in this conversation identifies as a 
> software engineer.
> The complement of that to me seems weird:   It’s like declaring a 
> person that can’t swim or drive a car, or would look in a manual to 
> use a hammer?
>
> Marcus
>
>
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