Re: Demo: Modelling Cost of Travel Paths Between Towns

"Ja Lar" <jalar_at_nomail.com> wrote in message news:cni510$gs8$1_at_news.net.uni-c.dk...
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> "Alan" <not.me_at_uhuh.rcn.com> skrev i en meddelelse
> news:5c0nd.10627$k%4.170_at_trndny07...
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> <snip - about comparing various representations of "unknown" and the
> meaning hereof, and the problems ... >
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> > Values are representations of facts, and the rules surrounding facts are
> > determined by the people who use the facts, not by the universe. IOW, a
> > particular value can mean different things to different people at
> different
> > times in different places. This is the essence of what you have a hard
> time
> > understanding. A symbolic representation does not always have the same
> > connotation.
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> I must confess that I don't quite understand this.
> A value is a representation of a fact (?)
> A particular value can mean different things to different people
> Ergo (?)
> A fact can mean different things to different people
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> May I assume that you are stating that the fact "Mary likes John" is in
fact
> (no pun intended) open for interpretation, such that even if true, it may
be
> false.
> Ie. a database may contain misinterpretations of the reality. That is
> ceartainly true. It is a fact :-)
> Oh, we have to be very carefull here...
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I was referring to Neo's now classic "brown" example. Brown is a color. Brown is a name. The word "brown" can be a noun or an adjective, depending on how it is used. This is what I meant by a fact (brown) can mean different things at different times to different people. Received on Thu Nov 18 2004 - 22:33:44 CET