Discovery or Invention

Arthur Dijkstra 2009-12-05

Hi All,

We make a lot of assumption about the world and reality when we
discuss issues. Often we are not explicit in our assumptions and that can
create confusing discussions.

One such basic assumption is about the nature of people and the world.

A distinction suggested by VonFoerster is:

Do we discover the world or do we invent the world.

I favour his statement: “We invent the world as we know it.”

How about you ?

Best,

Arthur

[From Rick Marken (2009.12.05.1010)]

Arthur Dijkstra 2009-12-05

I favour his statement: �We invent the world as we know it.�

How about you ?

Yes, we invent the world as we know it. But some of us also like to
test our inventions to see how well they work (in terms of predicting
observations). And if the inventions don't work well we reinvent them.
Some inventions, like PCT, work a lot better than others.

Best

Rick

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