Re: ONT Re: Inquiry Into Inquiry
From: "Jon Awbrey" <jawbrey@oakland.edu>
> HP: There is nothing to lament but lament itself.
> Creating machine tools to support the intellect
> is an aim worthy of discussion. Where in the
> course of inquiry, using any epistemic diagram
> you choose, do you feel the inquiring mind needs
> the most help? Or is it more modest to ask where
> we could expect technically plausible software
> (and hardware) to help the most?
>
> Ah, where to begin!? Being there is so much to do,
> and we cannot do otherwise than to start as we are,
> it may be the case that we can't do better than to
> let all pick their own eigenvectors as the optimal
> direction for them severally to go -- and yet that
> incurs the risk of chaos if there be no other form
> of community among them. Something I worry about.
Why not assume the community as prior. In other words, find communities
that are already interacting and make automated tools to help them. That
way your worry goes away ... right?
Seth Russell