[ExI] Meta question

Keith Henson hkeithhenson at gmail.com
Fri Aug 19 00:26:56 UTC 2016


On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 4:56 PM, William Flynn Wallace
<foozler83 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Whatever.  It doesn't seem that complicated for an act to look
> rational from one viewpoint and irrational from another.  keith
>
> That's what I am saying:  It can 'seem' to be one and actually the other.
> It cannot be both unless you look at different aspects of it or different
> people view it

Exactly.

And what _Selfish Gene_ was about was looking at a problem from the
"viewpoint" of genes.

Have you read Dawkin's most famous work?

Keith


> bill w.
>
> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 6:18 PM, Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 4:06 PM, William Flynn Wallace
>> <foozler83 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> snip
>>
>> > If y'all are going to accept 'rational irrationality' I am outa this
>> > discussion.
>>
>> Whatever.  It doesn't seem that complicated for an act to look
>> rational from one viewpoint and irrational from another.
>>
>> Now imaging the "viewpoint" of a gene is a little harder, but I
>> presume all of you have read _Selfish Gene._
>>
>> Keith
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