On 11/07/2016 08:01 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > Reductionism is a null hypothesis: First make sure something doesn't yield > to decomposition.
But there's rarely time or political capital to do that _first_. Obamacare is a great example. Had we focused on an essentialist solution, nothing would have been done ... perhaps nothing would ever be done. So, I would say commit to iterative solutions, which implies the _first_ one won't be fully decomposed. And that's alongside the fundamental (complex systems) point that because we don't/can't measure all the externalities, the interventionist conception of mechanism requires that we _first_ put in place a solution ... any Rube Goldberg attempt at a solution, then measure its impact and respond. -- ␦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 FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
