On 06/08/2016 11:27 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > `` I'm pretty much a luddite myself, or at least "conservative" in the sense > of believing that we are outdriving our headlights on many fronts.'' > > Experiments can be risky but sometimes they pay off..
The deeper point, I think, is that we not only _must_ outdrive our headlights, we've been doing it for billions of years. I've been trying to find some spare time to explore the idea that science is a sub-discipline of engineering. It's counter to our normal paradigm where we think engineering is applied science. But I find it an attractive idea that you can't learn or understand anything without violently destroying/reorganizing some small part of the universe first. Hence, all knowledge comes through engineering first. We have to force the ambience through our intentional filter before we can do anything with it ... like playdough through a stencil ... cast some liquid reality into the mold that is your mind, as it were. -- ☣ glen ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
