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On 21 October 2013 22:25, Greg Thompson <greg.a.thompson@gmail.com> wrote: > Huw, might I add that during this discussion of adult play, your profile > pic on google has magically changed from playful (man's face half shaded by > the sun) to serious (straight on shot of man-in-suit). > Why so serious? > Why stop at either/or. ;) At least its not a fish decorating your inbox. H. > -greg > > > On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Huw Lloyd <huw.softdesigns@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Oh, another interesting point is the "as if" quality of play which > carries > > over into social relations, e.g. the liberal regard of others as if we > are > > all equal. > > > > Huw > > > > > > On 21 October 2013 19:34, Huw Lloyd <huw.softdesigns@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 21 October 2013 14:28, Barowy, William <barowy@lesley.edu> wrote: > > > > > >> Feynman played: > > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3pYRn5j7oI > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > It's not clear (from the video) whether the anthropomorphising is > rather > > a > > > rhetorical expression of his own personal joy in the task. > > > > > > But, personally, I think that is beside the point. It is the > plasticity > > > of play that is (for me) more interesting, and the effortful thinking > he > > > refers to is theorised (e.g. Baldwin) to be the application of this > > > plasticity to objective circumstances. > > > > > > Huw > > > > > > > > > > > >> --- > > >> William Barowy, Ph. D. > > >> Associate Professor, > > >> Lesley University > > >> 29 Everett Street, > > >> Cambridge, MA 02138-2790 > > >> Desktop: http://bill.barowy.net/ > > >> Mobile: http://bill.barowy.net/m/ > > >> > > >> "I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn > how > > >> to do it." > > >> --Pablo Picasso > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > Gregory A. Thompson, Ph.D. > Visiting Assistant Professor > Department of Anthropology > 883 Spencer W. Kimball Tower > Brigham Young University > Provo, UT 84602 > http://byu.academia.edu/GregoryThompson > Status: O