Ciao David & others The discussion was interesting. I think I wasn't quite as explicit in my bits as I could have been.
The origin of "learning curve" dates back some time in psychology (1920's and before) when this kind of curve ... ...meant you learnt quite fast at the start but eventually plateau. Sometime in the 1970's the idea of "steep learning curve" emerged that is metaphorically the opposite. That the "steepness is effort, not gain". That is NOT what the original research showed. I'm interested sociologically and linguistically in the contradiction between the older (still relevant psychology) and the wider meaning the "steep" version adopted. Well, I did say it was an "aside" :-) Best wishes Josiah Dave Gifford - http://www.giffmex.org/ wrote: > > Steep learning curve is fine if you know there will eventually be a payoff > worth the steep effort. But most newbies aren't sure it will be worth the > effort. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/0313c0cf-e9e7-4e8a-8aed-21d449344997%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
