[Arisbe] Re: Inquiry Into Inquiry

[Jon Awbrey]

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Seth Russell wrote:
> 
> From: "Jon Awbrey" <jawbrey@oakland.edu>
> 
> > HP: There is nothing to lament but lament itself.
> >     Creating machine tools to support the intellect
> >     is an aim worthy of discussion.  Where in the
> >     course of inquiry, using any epistemic diagram
> >     you choose, do you feel the inquiring mind needs
> >     the most help?  Or is it more modest to ask where
> >     we could expect technically plausible software
> >     (and hardware) to help the most?
> >
> > Ah, where to begin!?  Being there is so much to do,
> > and we cannot do otherwise than to start as we are,
> > it may be the case that we can't do better than to
> > let all pick their own eigenvectors as the optimal
> > direction for them severally to go -- and yet that
> > incurs the risk of chaos if there be no other form
> > of community among them.  Something I worry about.
> 
> Why not assume the community as prior.  In other words,
> find communities that are already interacting and make
> automated tools to help them.  That way your worry
> goes away ... right?
> 
> Seth Russell

You're new at this, aren'tya?

Have you never seen the resistance that a community
will exhibit against moving in the direction of its
e-spouted aim?  Yes, I'm sure you have seen it, but
acknowledging the pattern of it is another question.

Here's a hint:

http://www.songfta.com/songs/ghe-ssa.html

Cheerio,

Jon

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