Krimel, I visualize a pattern of value like a galaxy, where the most commonly shared aspect of a pattern are clustered more densely in the middle, while the less commonly held aspects of the pattern, for whatever reason, are on the peripheral.
Marsha On Aug 12, 2010, at 1:50 PM, MarshaV wrote: > > > Hi Krimel, > > > This is my favorite thing to think about. A pattern, to my understanding, is > held > only in bits and pieces in a single individual, making it definitely > relative. A > pattern has breadth and depth, as in its past existence and across many, many > individuals. It does not exist in its entirety within one mind as a fully > formed > concept, but is, indeed, a collective, pattern of value. > > What do you think about this assessment? > > > Marsha > > > > > On Aug 12, 2010, at 12:57 PM, Krimel wrote: > >> Marsha: >> Just for the record, is a pattern a definition, or compilation of >> definitions, or something else? >> >> [Krimel] >> Bertrand Russell once claimed that the only label he had ever applied to >> himself was "philosophical atomist". He thought that philosophers argued >> about the meaning of terms until they got to a point where argument could >> not provide an answer. The points that elude definition and agreement are >> philosophical atoms. >> >> I think that "pattern" is an "atom" for you the way I fear "meaning" is an >> atom for me. It is a concept so fundamental it becomes one of those >> transparent assumptions that we live by but can't adequately account for. >> >> In my world "pattern," of necessity, involves some kind of persistent >> temporal relationship. At pattern can be "constant" in time, like celestial >> orbits, or repeated in time like thunder storms, or replicated or iterated >> in time, like DNA. >> >> Psychologically speaking, (what else did you expect?) life is a system of >> pattern recognition. All life proceeds by using patterns to maximize >> meaning. All living things in some sense are engines of pattern recognition. >> We are designed to know good from bad and how to approach or avoid. >> >> It is that fundamental, irreducible, philosophical atom: the valence of plus >> and minus, good and bad; that drive life and the evolution of life. >> >> Pattern recognition, the ability to detect similarity are well as >> difference, allows us to reduce the uncertainty of DQ and create meaning or >> SQ. >> >> >> >> Moq_Discuss mailing list >> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >> Archives: >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >> http://moq.org/md/archives.html > > > > ___ > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
