I like this idea, Glen. Don't necessarily agree, but it's worth examining.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 9, 2016, at 9:53 AM, glen ☣ <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 ============================================================ 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
