thought experiment

The human body. You've got first-hand experience with
it. Can you think of a single thing you'd change? One
improvement. A specific thing, and a specific change
to it. 'Spines should be made of nitanium...' 'The
average shoe size should be bigger...' Et cetera.

I suspect neither of the above would be any kind of
improvement. Can you think of one?

Now, do you think it should be easier or harder to
improve the economy? Why?

-Carl

--- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Lumma" <clumma@y...> wrote:

> The human body. You've got first-hand experience with
> it. Can you think of a single thing you'd change? One
> improvement. A specific thing, and a specific change
> to it. 'Spines should be made of nitanium...' 'The
> average shoe size should be bigger...' Et cetera.

Easy. Eyes should be like cephalopod eyes, with the nerves in back
instead of in front.

> > The human body. You've got first-hand experience with
> > it. Can you think of a single thing you'd change? One
> > improvement. A specific thing, and a specific change
> > to it. 'Spines should be made of nitanium...' 'The
> > average shoe size should be bigger...' Et cetera.
>
> Easy. Eyes should be like cephalopod eyes, with the nerves
> in back instead of in front.

Haven't we discussed this before?

http://lumma.org/microwave/#2002.07.11

Even though I list it here, I'm not completely convinced
of it. In any case, this doesn't answer the question.

-Carl

> > > The human body. You've got first-hand experience with
> > > it. Can you think of a single thing you'd change? One
> > > improvement. A specific thing, and a specific change
> > > to it. 'Spines should be made of nitanium...' 'The
> > > average shoe size should be bigger...' Et cetera.
> >
> > Easy. Eyes should be like cephalopod eyes, with the nerves
> > in back instead of in front.
>
> Haven't we discussed this before?
>
> http://lumma.org/microwave/#2002.07.11
>
> Even though I list it here, I'm not completely convinced
> of it.

What I meant to say is that it's beyond my expertise to
evaluate it.

-Carl

--- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Lumma" <clumma@y...> wrote:
> > Easy. Eyes should be like cephalopod eyes, with the nerves
> > in back instead of in front.
>
> Haven't we discussed this before?
>
> http://lumma.org/microwave/#2002.07.11

Where are cephalopod eyes discussed on this page? And why isn't this
a clear example of an improvement?