Glen writes: "And in that, they want to learn just enough about how/why it works so that they can know what they can do and how they can do it."
With regard to my original remark to Nick, I claim that usually people really don't want to know something down to the quantum mechanics -- that is what I'd call a complete exposition. They want to have practical operational knowledge. Maybe they want to understand how to build a radio that uses a different frequency or modulation scheme, or they want to use a radio to control a remote device, or they want a remote device to operate autonomously in some hostile environment. There are assumptions about the primitives of the conversation, and usually it is a function of the individuals' vocation or specialty. Those that don't come equipped or accept those primitives are just not spoken to. Marcus ============================================================ 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
