Re: the passing of a champion

Cimode wrote:
> On 4 juil, 19:32, paul c <toledobythe..._at_oohay.ac> wrote:
>> Keith H Duggar wrote:
>>> OPEN INFORMATION
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> Interesting. This post mortem ghost reflexion (and I mean that in a
> respectful way) does sound like a testament to future generations of
> scientists. Once again, it is fascinating to observe that the post
> industrial Western thirst for an immediate instutionalization of
> empirical discoveries has hit the brick wall of historical science
> realism. History indeed tells a totally different story. It took
> *centuries* for Greek mathematical empirism to be rediscovered,
> corrected and clarified by Algebra (notably by Arabs, Indians and
> Persians). Why would relational model be any different ?
>
> The truth is that a historical perspective on contemporary science is
> always a far too risky endeavour. History of exact sciences is indeed
> made of slow-paced truth discoveries, implementation underachievements
> and rediscovered opportunities,and all of these may be separated by
> centuries of forgotten formalisms.
>
> It seems too early for the potential of the relational model to become
> institutionnalized by western post industrial societies where
> educational system are going down the hill, overtaken by corporate
> consumerist truth-conditionning training programs. The most probable
> scenario is that the relational model will probably be rediscovered
> some day by some unknown scientist from Africa Asia. And quite
> frankly I don't see it happening in my lifetime.
>
> IMHO.
And there were so few doing the 'rediscovering'. It makes me think that the modern notion of mass literacy is an illusion. Received on Sat Jul 04 2009 - 23:27:42 CEST