tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post6684718286145784464..comments2024-03-28T12:10:26.197-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: The Red Pill and the Negentropic GodGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-45172804591185544622016-08-10T06:26:16.366-07:002016-08-10T06:26:16.366-07:00Rick, Julie: Up here in Canada there's an art ...Rick, Julie: Up here in Canada there's an art to that sort of befuddled weather forecast. It usually comes out as "Sunny, with cloudy periods and a chance of rain."Dr. Mabusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04190706197508265132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-60000931066806594482016-08-09T21:20:13.273-07:002016-08-09T21:20:13.273-07:00"Roosevelt continues: "It is not enough ..."Roosevelt continues: "It is not enough that it should have been gained without doing damage to the community. We should permit it to be gained only so long as the gaining represents benefit to the community"<br /><br />Now that's some scary talk right there. I fear we will be hearing a 2017 version of this.John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02302615225311776021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77453705469073353382016-08-09T15:38:50.161-07:002016-08-09T15:38:50.161-07:00Bad link; try this.Bad link; <a href="https://www.prageru.com/courses/economics/can-government-run-economy" rel="nofollow">try this</a>.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-58850951386014888902016-08-09T14:46:01.194-07:002016-08-09T14:46:01.194-07:00Coincidence: At Prager University Steve Forbes on...Coincidence: At Prager University <a href="" rel="nofollow">Steve Forbes</a> on why the economy is not a machine and the state can't force it to act like one.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-70532718172957620352016-08-09T13:35:21.166-07:002016-08-09T13:35:21.166-07:00Julie,
Forecast: 50% chance of rain.
Translation...Julie, <br /><br />Forecast: 50% chance of rain.<br />Translation: we have no idea.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12994306709948231112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-15704539056488459272016-08-09T11:48:25.182-07:002016-08-09T11:48:25.182-07:00"Roosevelt continues: "It is not enough ..."Roosevelt continues: "It is not enough that it should have been gained without doing damage to the community. We should permit it to be gained only so long as the gaining represents benefit to the community."<br /><br />Precisely like mob bosses. The "greater good" or "benefit" that Roosevelt is talking about boils down to giving those in power their cut of what they did not earn...or else! <br /><br />Of course, no matter what they may say, the only ones who benefit from all this greater good fantasy are the mob bosses, I mean the politicians and the idiots who put them in power. Allenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10998933457283434204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-7366556577018985752016-08-09T11:43:55.931-07:002016-08-09T11:43:55.931-07:00Weather is a quintessential complex system. It has...<i>Weather is a quintessential complex system. It has more variables than we know, and the variables interact in ways we cannot predict.</i><br /><br />The weather in south Florida changes so quickly, even the hourly forecasts are often wildly off base, much less even a day or two ahead. They can offer hints, but that's about it.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-61187836400916705142016-08-09T11:04:02.045-07:002016-08-09T11:04:02.045-07:00I first learned about systems thinking through Pet...I first learned about systems thinking through Peter Senge, who wrote the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Discipline-Practice-Learning-Organization/dp/0553456342" rel="nofollow">5th Discipline</a>. It's interesting how all his followers co-opted complexity around the ideas of sustainability, the triple bottom line, and other progressive ideals. Somehow the organic system needed to still be guided by man.tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10284536621516070022016-08-09T10:22:20.199-07:002016-08-09T10:22:20.199-07:00Well used? Who is this "we" who will dec...<i>Well used? Who is this "we" who will decide if my money is put to good use? </i><br /><br />This reminds me of the complaint someone had about a guy who bought a Harley. The complainer wondered how many people could have been helped by the money "wasted" on the Hawg. The owner replied that he had helped the people in Milwaukee who built his bike. He helped the family of the salesman at the dealership. He helped the people who had mined the iron and forged the steel, the people who had made the tires, and on and on.<br /><br />The complainer would rather have the government take that man's money and spend it for the "greater good" -- except the state, like everyone, spends for the greater good of itself, to expand and consolidate its power and control.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-70499671481299738062016-08-09T09:38:47.271-07:002016-08-09T09:38:47.271-07:00"Nonlinearity is "the reductionist's..."Nonlinearity is "the reductionist's nightmare." Really, it spells the end of the dream of reductionism. But from the Raccoon perspective, it is reductionism that is the human nightmare. Who would want to live in such a cosmos except control freaks on the OCD spectrum? Novelty. Creativity. Upside surprise. A new blog post. What would life be without these unpredictable things?"<br /><br />And of course they don't just want reductionism, they want the future to reduce to their known expectations and preferences, and the past to either be changed by omnipotent talking heads as needed in order to assist them in those expectations, or for it (meaning in effect, us) to just shut the hell up. <br /><br />Complex, consistent, and completely insane.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.com