El 30/04/13 12:47, [email protected] escribió: > A measurement quantifies a certain object or event; it gives them a > number in physical units. > In this sense, you can't quantify the freedom you have; > If this would be possible, you would have to make an action (the > measurement) which gives you back a concrete number. This number would > show "your freedom", but such an action does not exist. > > You write the following: > "Other aspects of freedom are also measurable. "I may move from place to > place without restriction" is either true or it isn't." > > And if you can go in another direction twice as far? How does your > freedom increase? Does it become twice as big? > Many people discuss about which thing includes freedom and which not. > I'm not allowed to go 20 meters south, because there's the house of my > neighbour. Does this restrict my freedom? I don't think so. > No measurement will show up the answer. > No science at all. > > I will agree that freedom is about science if you come and show me the > newest numbers of your freedom measurement. > >
It is relative to your specs. Free software has its specs. Human rights by the UN United Nations: *Human Rights* <https://www.un.org/en/rights/index.shtml> is another example. It is absolutely measurable. They are either respected or not. That is measurable. It is either true or false, 0 or 1. Those are phisical units. So you can say freedom is science. -- Saludos libres, Quiliro Ordóñez Presidente (en conjunto con el resto de socios) Asociación de Software Libre del Ecuador - ASLE Av de la Prensa N58-219 y Cristóbal Vaca de Castro Quito, Ecuador (02)-600 8579 IRC: http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=asle&uio=OT10cnVlJjEwPXRydWU3a Todo correo que reciba será tratado como información pública, de libre copia y modificación, sin importar cualquier nota de confidencialidad.
