If I revere 7, and practice (whatever) a lot, can I be a master too? Steve
On Sep 15, 2013, at 12:34 AM, Ray Harrell wrote: > Or find a way to value the development of the human instrument in the > service of a more brilliant culture and society. Robotics and automation > will never replace artistry and human development although they can count > faster and do more than seven syllogisms at a time. Relational mapping in > Interpretive Structural Modeling works with the implications of a couple of > hundred syllogisms and their relationships almost instantly, through the > computer. I'm not qualified to discuss that and inhabit the position of an > amateur in relation to it. I'm sure the math and engineering folk on this > list will look at me as the musicians looked at the scientist enjoying > singing Don Giovanni. I hope you will be as compassionate. Amateurs do > it for two reasons, love and the benefit to the general culture for your > efforts. (What Keith calls Epigenes.) As Feudalism showed in the 18th > century, some of the Aristocratic Amateurs can even become Masters as a > result of practice and discipline. That's probably better for a society > than Coca-Cola, Tar Sands and Fracking in spite of their "productivity." > > REH > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list Futurework@lists.uwaterloo.ca https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
