[FRIAM] Motives - Was Abduction

[Nick Thompson]

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/> 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> >
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Date: Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 2:58 PM
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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/> 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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