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11611
... Well, you know what the weather is like right now. That is not enough to tell you what the weather will be like next week. The weather keeps making news,...
Michael Olea
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May 1, 2007
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11612
... this ... There are many ways to understand the Pauli exclusion principle, but it is not the explanation we use for "solidity". It was originally an attempt...
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11613
... many ... abstract ... flipped ... to ... way) ... you ... to ... goggles, ... it ... Hmmm, I'm not sure what you mean... When the test subjects report they...
anssihyytiainen
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May 1, 2007
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11614
... it's ... interaction ... of a ... has ... Well I am quite puzzled by this sort of definition for "dispositional property"... Anything that occurs when you...
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May 1, 2007
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11615
... can ... processes ... in ... the ... and ... part ... you ... phylogeny - ... organism. Oh ok. Well it applies to both cases. As we build our worldviews, ...
anssihyytiainen
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May 1, 2007
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11616
... How does that follow? Surely the "what occurs" cannot be dispositional without leading to an infinite regress....
Peter D Jones
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11617
... Yep, and that explains solidity. It may not have been the original motivation, bur it does....
Peter D Jones
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May 1, 2007
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11618
... They are defined differently. Examples of dispositional properties might, as a matter of fact, also be examples of compositional properties. That is...
Peter D Jones
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May 1, 2007
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11619
... Sure and if all examples of each are both are you saying they are not the same thing by two different names? ... Maybe even the more interesting...
John J. Gagne
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May 1, 2007
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11620
... It's three different descriptions of the same thing, looked at from three different frameworks. "Dispositional" makes no claims at all as to composition,...
jrstern
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May 1, 2007
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11621
... I also wonder that dragging so much useless baggage around isn't a big waste. However, evolution is a bottom-up tinkerer, not a top-down designer. Maybe...
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May 1, 2007
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11622
... Bravo, Josh! That's what I see too. Thanks for the clarification. JJG...
John J. Gagne
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May 1, 2007
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11623
... properties ... not ... No. Co-extensivieness does not imply synonymity. All presidents have been male, but maleness is not a definitional criterion of...
Peter D Jones
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May 1, 2007
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11624
... properties ... not ... Co-extensiveness does not imply synonymity. They are defined differently. The husband of Jamie Lee Curtiss is the 5th Baron of ...
Peter D Jones
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May 1, 2007
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11625
... from ... Slightly? let's remind ourselves: "Dispositional makes NO CLAIMS AT ALL as to composition" ... matters...
Peter D Jones
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May 1, 2007
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11626
Yes, it is hard to imagine efficient ways to remove useless sequences. Another theory: if you make a random change in the sequence of a protein, the result...
Marvin Minsky
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May 1, 2007
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11627
... Well, maybe Josh was a bit excessive with "NO CLAIMS AT ALL". I might agree it's non-committal wrt composition but certainly implies "glass" is made of...
John J. Gagne
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May 1, 2007
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11628
... so ... might ... "Reusability" is nice for software, but I don't know if it's at all possible for the DNA machine to combine gene fragments together into ...
feedbackdroids
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May 1, 2007
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11629
... Aha, but you see, read carefully, it says "no claims", and that allows someone else to make claims under a parallel system. If worded slightly differently...
jrstern
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May 1, 2007
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11630
... No, I don't think so, see my response directly to Peter. Of course, it's still my take on the matter. ... Um, I don't know about that. ... Well of course,...
jrstern
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May 1, 2007
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11631
... Well, here is something I found with respect to DP within the context of probability. The part which I think is relevant is in the last few sentences: ...
John J. Gagne
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May 1, 2007
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11632
... No Fragility is dispositional because its defined that way....
Peter D Jones
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May 2, 2007
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11633
... Possible slightly different claims, possibly very different claims. Not necessarily incompatible claims, though....
Peter D Jones
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May 2, 2007
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11634
... "...In ... Of course, the basis might turn out to be dispositional too....
Peter D Jones
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May 2, 2007
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11635
... We don't have to. We can package an infinite list of dispositions into a compact formula called "differential equation" and rock-like objects are...
Peter D Jones
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May 2, 2007
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11636
... With respect to your software example, these facts you mentioned make reusability highly probable. The fact that they might be missing in the case of the...
John J. Gagne
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May 2, 2007
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11637
... Agreed. But because of the possibility of slight/compatible, I took the broad and optimistic license of saying, um, whatever I said. Josh...
jrstern
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May 2, 2007
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11638
... Quite. ... Just what is the differential equation for the disposition that the rock tends to make Freddie say "ouch" when it is thrown and hits his ...
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May 2, 2007
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11639
... for "dispositional ... is a ... dispositional ... If I now understand the concept correctly, I cannot think of any property that wouldn't be defined by...
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11640
... break ... principle, which ... do with ... but it ... apply ... particles ... something we ... Can you refer to some information about this? It seems very...
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