Re: Knowledge and Ignorance over Time

From: David Cressey <dcressey_at_verizon.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 07:36:07 GMT
Message-ID: <HXPnf.2507$pF.1490_at_trndny08>


"mountain man" <hobbit_at_southern_seaweed.com.op> wrote in message news:qWKnf.20093$ea6.2082_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...

> Humans have three inner capacities: instinct, intellect and intuition
> whereas
> the environment of database theory really is only modelling the intellect,
> which
> is essentially machine-like in its operation.

Could that be because we are running our databases on machines?

>
> Over time, irrespective of the fields in which we humans deploy ourselves,
> it is good to evaluate our knowledge and ignorance of the world outside
> the artificial and industrial man-created systems, because there exists a
> natural world in which we have an existence independent of this industry,
> even if we have been in it for 30 or 40 years.

I go walking in the woods with my dog.

>
> Best wishes,
>
>

Good post. Received on Wed Dec 14 2005 - 08:36:07 CET

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