[FRIAM] Experts explaining stuff at multiple levels of difficulty

[Russell Standish]

Yeah, except there's a well-read interested-in-all-things-scientific
14 year old, and then there's my wife. I know who I'd rather explain
things to :).

Then there's my friend's book "Debunking Economics". I found it rather
heavy going, because I had to figure out from the text what the actual
mathematical equations were (at least its economics, not rocket
science!). Some other people I spoke to found it to be the paragon of
clarity, precisely because it contained no mathematical notation. Go
figure.

On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 09:58:46PM -0700, Nick Thompson wrote:
> Eric,
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> We are planning a ferocious argument at FRIAM on this video (see below), and I
> am wondering what a believer in “embodied consciousness” might have to say
> about it, going in.  It’s only about six minutes long, so perhaps you could
> take a moment from your drywall.
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> Nick
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> Nicholas S. Thompson
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> Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology
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> Clark University
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> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/
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> From: Nick Thompson [mailto:nickthompson at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 9:40 PM
> To: 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' <friam at redfish.com>
> Subject: RE: [FRIAM] Experts explaining stuff at multiple levels of difficulty
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> Robert,
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> These are great.  Let’s have a huge effing fight on Friday about this one:
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opqIa5Jiwuw&t=0s&list=
> PLibNZv5Zd0dyCoQ6f4pdXUFnpAIlKgm3N&index=2
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> Bruce is going to love it and I think it’s a crock.  In fact, I think it gets
> crockier the more “expert” it becomes. 
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> But I still love it.
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> Nick
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> Nicholas S. Thompson
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> Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology
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> Clark University
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> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/
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> From: Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf Of Robert Holmes
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 8:12 PM
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com>
> Subject: [FRIAM] Experts explaining stuff at multiple levels of difficulty
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> Following on from a conversation I had with Nick last week. Here are some
> videos from WIRED in which experts explain their field at (widely) varying
> levels of difficulty.
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> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLibNZv5Zd0dyCoQ6f4pdXUFnpAIlKgm3N
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> —R
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