October 21, 2011

Temporarily Unbroken


The world is a mess. Or more precisely, the world is messy. Humans naturally put a structure on it. In cultural terms, that structure is called a world-view. In scientific terms, that structure is called a paradigm.

All world-views and paradigms are, to varying degrees, wrong. There is always data that doesn't fit into the structure. That doesn't mean abandon all structures. All world-views and paradigms are temporarily unbroken but can be useful in getting things done.

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