-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Marcus G. Daniels wrote: > It would be nice if there was a clean line between the known and > unknown. Then it would be an argument about software engineering. > The situation is more like a modeler thinks that that something acts > within some range of parameters or plausible mechanisms and the details > parameters and behaviors are arguable or need to be found. Nailing them > down into some rigid type system won't necessarily help do that. It > could even obscure insight.
Worse yet, the modeler might rapidly squeeze a round peg into a square hole late one night just to get the damn code working, then 9 months down the line find herself concluding that the pegs actually are square. I.e. the more one relies on frameworks (like OOP), the more difficult it is to make conclusions independent of the assumptions of those frameworks. That means that frameworks might lead to question begging results.... circular arguments. - -- glen e. p. ropella, 971-219-3846, http://tempusdictum.com I have the heart of a child. I keep it in a jar on my shelf. -- Robert Bloch -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGZIQoZeB+vOTnLkoRAkBlAJ9ciB1cAjU8g6zim+n2XruztjRsnQCgxR1V /oGjC10ru2uOGXRrJFh7yn0= =ao7r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
