Peter Caws (@pcaws) profile picture

Born in UK 1931, emigrated 1953, American citizen in 1995

Washington DC
Joined February 2009
Photo by Peter Caws (@pcaws)
Nada Surf just released the "Just Wait" music film, which includes meditations by Peter Caws (some from "The Book of Hylas," some unpublished), read by Peter and his son, Matthew. Watch it at youtube.com/watch?v=l9QHI9dP…
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The Essentialist Fallacy. A misguided critique of naturalism in the nature-nurture debate academia.edu/35096709/The_Es…. t via @academia.
Tweet 3: remembering that a majority of voters chose Clinton over Trump.
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Tweet 2: to vote with Democrats in order to defeat bills from the Trump administration that violate values held by most Americans
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Tweet 1: Wanted: 30 courageous Republicans, 5 Senators and 25 Representatives, to form a Provisional Coalition Party
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Nancy Pelosi: Postpone Electoral College Vote and Inauguration, Pending Investigation - Sign the Peti... change.org/p/nancy-pelosi-po… via @Change
Matthew Caws (@nadasurf) wants YOU to #GoVote ~still need to register or update voter info? at @mercylounge tonight!
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Join me in supporting Daily Kos via @actblue actb.lu/p/dkgotv2016 They work on getting out the vote, the best investment - thanks, Peter
look in the dictionary 2: trumpery = showy and worthless stuff; rubbish; ritual foolery
look in the dictionary 1: to trump up = to concoct and put forward unscrupulously
Take action to fight secret money immediately – and redeem your failed money in politics legacy wh.gov/iV2Oa
@moose_taz agreed bush had burdens too but jumped into war made a right mess of it should have thought ahead more Obama rightly cautious
The most dangerous epidemics 1. Religious beliefs 2. Guns 3. Unplanned and unwanted pregnancies
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On thinking machines - see "Subjectivity in the Machine" in my book Yorick's World (U. of Calif. Press 1993)
Good story on p.1 of Wash Post - Achenbach on Turing. Of course machines can think, but there's more than one kind of thinking