[FRIAM] Conditional Association and the "natural order"

Prof David West profwest at fastmail.fm
Thu Feb 11 10:12:34 EST 2021


Emerson: " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds."

Davew: "all consistencies are foolish. TRUTH is consistency. TRUTH is the hobgoblin of small minds."

davew

On Wed, Feb 10, 2021, at 10:20 AM, uǝlƃ ↙↙↙ wrote:
> Yes. Nicely subtle addition. One of the worst insults that's ever been 
> hurled at me was when I reconnected with a friend after a few years 
> and, while talking about our interim evolution, he said "You're one of 
> the most consistent people I know." Ouch. Subjectively, I change my 
> mind several times per day, per week, per year, per decade. But 
> apparently, when viewed from the outside, this guy at least, saw little 
> difference. I continue to *hope* he thought it was a compliment and was 
> telling a white lie to be nice.
> 
> On 2/10/21 9:05 AM, Steve Smith wrote:
> > 
> > I find it fascinating what we humans are capable of transforming from
> > "unthinkable" to "necessary" which presages designation as "a very good
> > thing".  
> 
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> ↙↙↙ uǝlƃ
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