Re: Modeling question...
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:54:58 -0300
Message-ID: <4901e1d6$0$5475$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
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> I don't understand the word "naturally" in this context. Isn't all modeling
> artificial, rather than natural?
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:54:58 -0300
Message-ID: <4901e1d6$0$5475$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
Walter Mitty wrote:
> "David BL" <davidbl_at_iinet.net.au> wrote in message
> news:de0dc1e9-1953-49d9-ae84-00cab59d1195_at_z6g2000pre.googlegroups.com...
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>>Ok, I’ll bite…
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>>No doubt any data can be made to “fit” into the relational model. >>The more important question is whether it happens /naturally/. The
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> I don't understand the word "naturally" in this context. Isn't all modeling
> artificial, rather than natural?
Yes! Formal systems and symbolic manipulation are symbolic and abstract not natural. Received on Fri Oct 24 2008 - 16:54:58 CEST