> On Jan 10, 2016, at 11:03, Paul M. Jones <pmjone...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Anthony, > >> On Jan 9, 2016, at 21:48, Anthony Ferrara <ircmax...@gmail.com> wrote: > > [Regarding supported of the COC as presented] > >> We've been trying to discuss logic. > > I think "logic" would apply itself to more measurements of observable > reality. For example: > > - Collect observations and apply some sort of measurement to them. > > - Describe a hypothesis about the conditions leading to the measurable > observations. > > - Describe (in relation to the hypothesis) a course of action by which the > measurable outcomes could be changed, both positively and negatively, to > either prove or disprove the hypothesis. > > - After implementing the course of action, continue to collect observations > and apply the prior measurements to them, including both confirmatory and > disconfirmatory observations. > > - Determine if the course of action succeeded or failed in changing the > measureable observations, thus either confirming or disconfirming the > hypothesis.
Oh, I forgot: logic would then have to determine if the course of action was preferable to "doing nothing" (i.e., the "null hypothesis") given the entirety of outcomes from the course of action. -- Paul M. Jones pmjone...@gmail.com http://paul-m-jones.com Modernizing Legacy Applications in PHP https://leanpub.com/mlaphp Solving the N+1 Problem in PHP https://leanpub.com/sn1php -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
