jonligh...@gmail.com wrote: > ... I found that old tiddlers that had settled to the bottom of the stream > and were rarely 'caught' were not tagged as well as they could be simply > because lots of tags did not exist when they were written and I suppose > their were fewer tiddlers to link to. > > Going with the fishing in the 'stream' analogy ... > > I am finding that part of *the benefit of the random option* (TT's added > emphasis )is that these tiddlers are now appearing now and then at the > surface of the stream and this is a a great opportunity to add newer tags > that did not exist when they were written, if they 'deserve' it then they > get more links and tags and 'come back to life' by being better connected. >
In the spirit of discussion ... I absolutely agree the problematic you describe occurs and RANDOMness is a very viable and good salve for it. Essentially it is *cognitive* issue. Learning is often serendipitous. Associational-ism is a common human cognitive pattern. Cross-connections *(i.e. this should be labelled that!),* in particular, often occur frequently from RE-seeing something in a NEW context (in your case via a special "random" ignition). In short, the stochastic <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic#:~:text=Stochastic%20(from%20Greek%20%CF%83%CF%84%CF%8C%CF%87%CE%BF%CF%82%20(st%C3%B3khos,by%20a%20random%20probability%20distribution.> is essential in learning and information design. Just BTB, "structured randomness" has been and is used extensively in creative writing. Think: William Burroughs. And in creative thought generation. Think: Edward de Bono. Just thoughts TT -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/c81c76ca-12eb-4e89-9c9c-8736995519a7n%40googlegroups.com.
