tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22705470.post4637948407809709181..comments2023-10-15T07:58:07.271-04:00Comments on Jake to Universe: Still IllAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08483850399800083505noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22705470.post-72958335963625030312008-02-14T00:11:00.000-05:002008-02-14T00:11:00.000-05:00Stacie: I blushCathy: I guess Fur, like Meat, is M...Stacie: I blush<BR/><BR/>Cathy: I guess Fur, like Meat, is Murder.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483850399800083505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22705470.post-25985730216243578712008-02-13T21:44:00.000-05:002008-02-13T21:44:00.000-05:00Morrissey quote:"We will not include any Canadian ...Morrissey quote:<BR/><BR/>"We will not include any Canadian dates on our world tour to promote our new album. This is in protest against the barbaric slaughter of over 325,000 baby seals which is now underway." <BR/><BR/>This is one reason why Morrissey didn't like Canada.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22705470.post-61715709002926800442008-02-13T15:14:00.000-05:002008-02-13T15:14:00.000-05:00I find you fascinating and intriguing. :-) Parkero...I find you fascinating and intriguing. :-) <BR/><BR/>Parkerolshove@yahoo.com<BR/><BR/>Stacie...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22705470.post-88012746489204658342008-02-11T19:51:00.000-05:002008-02-11T19:51:00.000-05:00Sparky: Pretty cool stuff. Historian of Science? I...Sparky: Pretty cool stuff. Historian of Science? I'm about to restart my PhD thesis which will likely touch on some of these ideas.<BR/><BR/>Cathy: I'm pretty sure that was their only Canadian appearance.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483850399800083505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22705470.post-8918753197468632622008-02-11T19:00:00.000-05:002008-02-11T19:00:00.000-05:00That was their only Canadian concert ever? Wow. ...That was their only Canadian concert ever? Wow. I didn't know that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22705470.post-55765285480922280342008-02-11T13:03:00.000-05:002008-02-11T13:03:00.000-05:00Sorry, I meant to say "emerge out of conditions fr...Sorry, I meant to say "emerge out of conditions from <I>within which</I> it is impossible to predict the given outcome." <BR/><BR/>Mind-bender, no?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22705470.post-67428820079984920632008-02-11T12:59:00.000-05:002008-02-11T12:59:00.000-05:00What you describe as emergence -- essentially "the...What you describe as emergence -- essentially "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts" -- is really more holism, I think. Emergence, a la C. Lloyd Morgan, suggests that certain phenomena emerge out of conditions from in it is impossible to predict the given outcome. Like you said, magic, to a certain degree. In any event, it's a concept that stretches the limits of language. Even language itself is emergent.<BR/><BR/>The whole mind-body problem is central in the history of med., my field. I actually <A HREF="http://thenecromancer.wordpress.com/2008/01/28/on-the-intractability-of-the-mind-body-problem/" REL="nofollow">just wrote about this stuff myself recently</A>. It's a pre-occupation. <BR/><BR/>Neat post. The way philosophy, biology and medicine intersect is probably one of the most important questions for our future, and eventual emergence.<BR/><BR/>You know, to the <I>other side</I>...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com