It is also not useful to duplicate data elements or processing efforts
shared between context1:X is the same as context2:Y. (01)
Debbie (02)
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Deborah L. MacPherson
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On 19 Apr 2007 17:20:46 -0400, Steve Newcomb <srn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Deborah L. MacPherson" wrote:
>
> > Preserving cross-context truths cannot only be specified, the
> > construction also has to also be shown. A formal manner for drawing
> > and documenting the architecture of context is missing.
>
> "Conklin, Don" <don.conklin@xxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > Couldn't agree more, especially since multiple contexts may be in play
> > simoltumultously (not a spelling error, my term [simultaneously +
> > tumultuously) concerning the same event or issue in play, even as it
> > morphs over time
>
> That's why it is interesting and useful to conserve and leverage the
> impact of an insight that context1:X is the same as context2:Y.
>
> * It is not necessary to prove an insight mathematically before it can
> be stated or used.
>
> * It is not necessary that a context be logical or internally
> consistent for it to provide interpretive guidance, or to be
> meaningful, or to be useful.
>
> * It is not necessary that a human being be a world-class
> philosopher, or an expert in any ontology, before he or she can
> contribute to knowledge.
>
> * Moreover, the progress of Science is incompatible with the idea that
> we can know in advance whether we will have the tools to say what
> will need to be said.
>
> My Ph.D. is in Music Theory. A close friend of mine is a composer.
> He once said to me something that put me in my place:
>
> "You Music Theory guys are the *undertakers* of music. When you've
> understood it, it's dead. Fortunately, there's always new music
> being written, and it works even though -- and perhaps *because* --
> nobody, not even the composer, knows why."
>
> He was right. Sure, we theorists can program computers so they will
> write music that exploits our insights (now there's a top-down
> scenario for you!) But that's not where the action is. Not at all.
>
> -- Steve
>
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