<div dir="auto">Sheesh, Nick. Since when do you judge speakers by their appearance?<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">---<br>Frank C. Wimberly<br>140 Calle Ojo Feliz, <br>Santa Fe, NM 87505<br><br>505 670-9918<br>Santa Fe, NM</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Aug 9, 2020, 1:09 PM <<a href="mailto:thompnickson2@gmail.com">thompnickson2@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_6265706973242255647WordSection1"><p class="m_6265706973242255647MsoPlainText">Jon,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_6265706973242255647MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_6265706973242255647MsoPlainText">You know, in the end, I watched the whole Pinker talk. And it was good, and pertinent. It seemed to be a Pragmatic[ist] take on style: we begin in the middle and we don't walk too fast. Or, in other words, "Have mercy on your reader!" I confess it's a hard lesson to learn. Even tho it took me 7 weeks to learn what Glen meant by "Steel Man"<sup>fn</sup>, I am tempted to use the term around people who may not have quite figured it out yet. It makes me feel like I am a member of the Glen-Club. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_6265706973242255647MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_6265706973242255647MsoPlainText">Even if the talk was delivered by a badly groomed cocker spaniel in a Lord Fauntleroy jacket. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_6265706973242255647MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_6265706973242255647MsoPlainText">Nick <u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_6265706973242255647MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_6265706973242255647MsoPlainText">FN =To steelman an argument is to put it in it’s best possible form BEFORE beginning to evaluate it. Back formation from “strawman”. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_6265706973242255647MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_6265706973242255647MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_6265706973242255647MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_6265706973242255647MsoPlainText">Nicholas Thompson<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_6265706973242255647MsoPlainText">Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_6265706973242255647MsoPlainText">Clark University<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_6265706973242255647MsoPlainText"><a href="mailto:ThompNickSon2@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ThompNickSon2@gmail.com</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_6265706973242255647MsoPlainText"><a href="https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_6265706973242255647MsoPlainText"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_6265706973242255647MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_6265706973242255647MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_6265706973242255647MsoPlainText">-----Original Message-----<br>From: Friam <<a href="mailto:friam-bounces@redfish.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">friam-bounces@redfish.com</a>> On Behalf Of jon zingale<br>Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2020 12:53 PM<br>To: <a href="mailto:friam@redfish.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">friam@redfish.com</a><br>Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Abducktion</p><p class="m_6265706973242255647MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_6265706973242255647MsoPlainText">Agreed! 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