CONTACTS
0201 - University of Oregon
020101 - Mr. James Schombert, PhD; Director and Professor
020103 - Physics Department
020104 - General Sciences Program
SUBJECTS
21st Century Science Course Lectures Philosophy of Science March 29
0803 -
0803 - ..
0804 - Summary/Objective
0805 -
080501 - Follow up ref SDS 49 0000.
080502 -
080503 - James Schombert, PhD, lectures on 21st century science provide scope
080504 - for natural law, ref SDS 0 IH4F, and definitions with cross-over to
080505 - philosophy, ref SDS 0 RP6K, and helpful historical perspective.
080506 - ref SDS 0 S54J The "locality principle" of causality guides
080507 - requirements for tools that aid intelligence, analysis, and critical
080508 - thinking. ref SDS 0 YH4G Adding energy for analysis "connects the
080509 - dots" of cause and effect in daily work. This energy converts
080510 - information into the "power of knowledge" that drives productivity and
080511 - earnings. ref SDS 0 L22S Without linking causality, information
080512 - merely increases the "noise" of entropy that paralyzes productivity,
080513 - under the second law of thermodynamics. ref SDS 0 9P9F The paradigm
080514 - paradox requires faith for taking action in time to be effective, but
080515 - also drives resistance to improvement by avoiding fear of the unknown
080516 - that stifles action. ref SDS 0 JP3G Management science command and
080517 - control applies order, structure, and pattern, ref SDS 0 RP6K, with
080518 - the locality principle for predicting future consequences of decisions
080519 - and growing knowledge of lessons learned through root cause analysis.
080520 - Quantum mechanics applies relativity and probabilities to resolve
080521 - uncertainties of the sub-atomic world, ref SDS 53 5H5H, and reduces to
080522 - mechanistic, linear, reductionist, Newtonian principles in the macro
080523 - world of daily life. ref SDS 53 MN3N Alphabet technology leverages
080524 - linear, reductionist understanding of causality, ref SDS 0 FQ4N, from
080525 - situational awareness of daily life through the biology of sensory
080526 - perception. ref SDS 53 MN3N Complexity and chaos theory suggest the
080527 - universe moves toward disorder, where decay destructs complex
080528 - structures into simple compounds and heat, also, called entropy.
080529 - ref SDS 52 1F5M Evolution complements entropy by constructing complex
080530 - organic structures, ref SDS 52 JT9K, through the process of emerging
080531 - variation. ref SDS 52 6A7L This may reflect Bohr's idea of
080532 - complementarity developed for quantum mechanics to explain and measure
080533 - subatomic processes. ref SDS 53 GT4O Creativity and productivity on
080534 - the human scale are both aided and impeded by complexity and entropy.
080535 - ref SDS 52 1D6I Study of cosmology offers theories that bridge the
080536 - 2-worlds of entropy and evolution, and fuel debate between religion
080537 - and science. Inflation, baryogeneses, and the anthropic principle,
080538 - explaining "intelligence," ref SDS 54 QP5L, contribute to the
080539 - discussion of creation.
080540 -
080541 - [On 060425 letter asking for clarification of mechanicanistic,
080542 - Newtonian, linear, reductionist thinking applying the locality
080543 - principal energy, connections, causation, and entropy. ref SDS 69
080544 - 6P51
080546 - ..
080547 - [On 060617 review Budiyono paper published 060602 "Dynamical
080548 - Foundation of Thermodynamical Behavior..." describes knowledge
080549 - as a mathematical proposition, ref SDS 73 K134, and extends
080550 - view that quantum mechanics reduce to classical mechanics at
080551 - the macro level with mathematical proof that locality,
080552 - uncertainty, the 2nd law, and gravity all derive from the
080553 - irreversibility of time, and so present a single law of nature.
080554 - ref SDS 73 K161
080555 -
080556 -
080557 -
080558 -
080560 - ..
0806 -
0807 -
0808 - Progress
0809 -
080901 - Scientific Method Supported by Lectures on 21st Century Science
080902 - Trilogy 21st-Century-Science Macro Micro Cosmology Schombert Lectures
080903 - Schombert Lectures Trilogy Macro Micro Cosmology 21st Century Science
080904 -
080905 - SDS was designed around an "intelligence" process of plan, perform,
080906 - report (see POIMS, ref OF 45 6649), based on experience in general
080907 - contracting, and exposure to legal practices, reported on 000723.
080908 - ref SDS 31 0008 On 021118 Bacon is cited for describing a scientific
080909 - method, further reflecting SDS design. ref SDS 47 N39H Deming
080910 - presents similarly (see again POIMS). ref OF 45 0336 An example using
080911 - SDS is reported on 040305. ref SDS 49 TO4O
080913 - ..
080914 - Contracting and legal practices evolved over several mellinnea to use
080915 - underlying principles of management, government and religion. These
080916 - disciplines evolved to leverage innate human intelligence. They apply
080917 - an "alphabetic mind" thought process, reviewed on 991108, ref SDS 24
080918 - 5151, historically implemented using practices of "documentation" for
080919 - analysis and better accuracy in communication, noted in Plato's
080920 - Phaedrus, reviewed on 991209. ref SDS 25 3416 These practices make
080921 - people "superhuman" which yields civilization compared to subsistance
080922 - existence of non-literates who do not use alphabet technology,
080923 - reported on 010622. ref SDS 36 N668 These principles further relate
080924 - to science and philosophic thought, discussed briefly by Professor
080925 - Ransdell beginning on 000716, ref SDS 29 0001, and further on 000721.
080926 - ref SDS 30 0002
080927 -
080928 - [...lecture on Niels Bohr and complementarity, ref SDS 53 GT4O,
080929 - led to review of work by Henry Folse, PhD, who reviewed Bohr's
080930 - work in a book, ref SDS 53 V49M, that suggests extending
080931 - Ransdell's analysis of SDS. ref SDS 53 494G
080933 - ..
080934 - Today, research on the Internet found course lecture prepared by
080935 - Doctor James Schombert in the Department of Physics, University of
080936 - Oregon. Schombet's lectures reveal the evolution of principles
080937 - primarily in physics that have been aggregated into proposals for
080938 - management practices, including resistance to new ideas, which he
080939 - explains as "grudging acceptance" of new paradigms. ref SDS 0 HH3M
080941 - ..
080942 - Index lists all 29 lectures. ref OF 1 0001
080944 - ..
080945 - This review has four (4) purposes...
080946 -
080947 - 1. Comprehensive scope for organizing the field of science.
080948 - ref SDS 0 RT4I
080949 -
080950 - 2. Management practices for accuracy and causation support.
080951 - ref SDS 0 RP6K
080953 - ..
080954 - 3. Strengthen education for continual learning by expanding
080955 - use of alphabet technology, see NWO, ref OF 50 PX6J, to
080956 - solve problem reviewed on 991108. ref SDS 24 TU8S
080958 - ..
080959 - 4. Paradigm paradox cultural inertia resists improvement.
080960 - ref SDS 0 484H
080962 - ..
080963 - A fifth (5) purpose is to help bridge the gap between the 2-worlds of
080964 - information technology (IT) and SDS support for "intelligence" using
080965 - Knowledge Space, developed on 960620, ref SDS 17 3516, and listed in
080966 - the scope for intelligence support in NWO. ref OF 50 PX6J
080967 - Comprehensive procedures for converting traditional "documentation"
080968 - from contemporaneous notes on lectures using IT tools, like Microsoft
080969 - Word and Internet Explorer, into a format with granular addressability
080970 - and common storage to support working intelligently, continual
080971 - learning, and Knowlede Space. These procedures are listed in the
080972 - record earlier this morning. ref SDS 50 0001
080974 - ..
080975 - Some of Schombert's lectures discuss "religion" as human experience,
080976 - thought, mentalese, belief, faith, also, called "paradigm."
080977 - ref SDS 0 484H This may align with review on 050322 of "presencing"
080978 - that has come up in management circles for imparting faith to improve
080979 - communication, ref SDS 62 GS3H, since everything else has failed, per
080980 - Drucker reviewed on 931130. ref SDS 7 3851 On 040622 review of
080981 - Scharmer's paper at MIT on presencing indicates this effort seems less
080982 - robust than appeared from initial consideration later on 050322.
080983 - ref SDS 58 F75Y
080985 - ..
080986 - The lecture on "Holism" reflects a religious pespective. ref SDS 54
080987 - X15F The "Anthropic principle" seems to further touch on propspects
080988 - of "intelligent" design. ref SDS 54 QP5L These lectures present the
080989 - question of "religion" as the "science of life." ref SDS 54 7A9K
080991 - ..
080992 - The size of the project to review all of the lectures requires four
080993 - (4) records in order to provide enough space for organic structure,
080994 - and future connections.
080995 -
080996 - 1. Newtonian physics laws of motion
080997 - gravity explains structure order
080998 - locality principle adding
080999 - energy to connect cause and
081000 - effect yields power of knowledge
081001 - to predict the future...................... ref SDS 0 YH4G
081003 - ..
081004 - 2. Electrical force, nuclear power
081005 - complement gravity laws of motion;
081006 - thermodynamics laws of nature
081007 - conservation of energy, irreversibility
081008 - of time rising entropy increases
081009 - disorder; Einstein theory of
081010 - relativity E = MC^2; mathematics
081011 - random numbers create complexity
081012 - enables emergence biological
081013 - evolution that increases order
081014 - in complex systems, complements
081015 - 2nd law of rising
081016 - disorder................................... ref SDS 52 0000
081018 - ..
081019 - 3. Quantum mechanics wave particle
081020 - duality complementarity uncertainity
081021 - principle, holism, emergence quantum
081022 - leap, microscopic structure elemental
081023 - particles.................................. ref SDS 53 0000
081025 - ..
081026 - 4. Cosmology extends Standard model of
081027 - universe, unification laws, constants
081028 - and forces of nature into grand unified
081029 - theory (GUTS) and theory of everythong
081030 - (TOE), discover 1 underlying force and
081031 - law of nature, e.g., irreversability
081032 - of time; gravity hard to synthesize
081033 - for unification; religion theory on
081034 - creation of universe, big bang,
081035 - inflation, barryogensis, and anthropic
081036 - principle scientific model of
081037 - creation................................... ref SDS 54 0000
081039 - ..
081040 - Schombert develops a trilogy of science with...
081041 -
081042 - 1. Macro-world Newtonian classical physics generally explains
081043 - day-to-day experience of sensory perception.
081044 -
081045 - 2. Micro-world of subatomic physics, which seems largely
081046 - counterintuitive to daily life, and
081048 - ..
081049 - 3. Cosomology that considers astronomy and orgins of the
081050 - universe.
081052 - ..
081053 - Syllabus describes a course Professor Schombert presented beginning in
081054 - April, 2004, at the University of Oregon, ref OF 4 0001, on...
081055 -
081056 - 21st Century Science
081057 -
081058 - This course is a review of the foundations of modern science
081059 - emphasizing the status of our current view of Nature from the
081060 - discoveries as we begin the 21st century. ref OF 4 H45G
081062 - ..
081063 - The course will not be a cultural review nor a historical
081064 - survey, but rather an introduction to the philosophy used to
081065 - explore Nature and the meaning of reality. We will build a
081066 - non-mathematical course with a modern perspective, using ideas
081067 - and concepts that are acquired in the last century of
081068 - scientific exploration. ref OF 4 M45N
081070 - ..
081071 - Schombert's lectures are a tour de force of culture and history.
081072 - People and the evolution of ideas are presented about elemental forces
081073 - of nature, e.g., Aristotle, ref SDS 0 YW84, Maxwell, ref SDS 0 0X9F,
081074 - Einstein, ref SDS 52 5I4H, Plank, ref SDS 53 H25M, Bohr, ref SDS 53
081075 - UI6G, Hawking. ref SDS 53 834F Formation of paradigms enable wide
081076 - ranging work, as articles of faith and belief, which greatly resist
081077 - disruption by new ideas. ref SDS 0 JP3G Helps explain path of SDS,
081078 - and reaction to a new paradigm of intelligence support for growing new
081079 - knowledge, and complements the popular paradigm of information
081080 - management.
081082 - ..
081083 - Schombert's index, ref OF 1 0001, and lectures provide a comprehensive
081084 - list and ontological organization for the field of science. This can
081085 - be applied in the Subject Index to construct an organic structure of
081086 - context for managing review of Schombert's work, and to position
081087 - future research on related subjects.
081088 -
081089 - [On 120910 0749 letter from Alexandra Sawyer reports the
081090 - link to the Periodic Table of Elements does not exist on
081091 - the Internet, and proposes substituting a link to Online
081092 - Bachelor Degree Programs, and citing Bachelor of Science in
081093 - Chemistry, ref SDS 79 LH4K, which in turn has an eventual
081094 - link to the periodic table. ref SDS 79 ZT3M
081096 - ..
081097 - Another location hosted by Georgia State University has a similar
081098 - listing...
081099 -
081100 - http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html
081101 -
081102 - Hyperphysics.......... 2005
081103 - Mechanics
081104 - Heat and Thermodynamics
081105 - Electricity and magnetism
081106 - Light and vision
081107 - Sound and hearing
081108 - Condensed matter
081109 - Relativity
081110 - Nuclear physics
081111 - Astrophysics
081112 - Quantum Physics
081114 - ..
081115 - This gives the flavor of different terms for the same things, and in
081116 - some cases different perspectives.
081117 -
081118 - [On 060523 Jack Park hosts seminar at SRI on merging subject
081119 - indexes. ref SDS 71 UK6Q
081120 -
081121 - [060713 Jack Park submits a paper on merging subject oncologies
081122 - to enable collaboration on solving problems. ref SDS 74 6357
081123 -
081124 -
081125 -
081126 -
081127 -
0812 -
SUBJECTS
Biography Department of Physics University of Oregon Eugene Orgeon
0903 -
090401 - ..
090402 - Biography Doctor James Schombert
090403 -
090404 - Doctor Schombert's biography shows interests focus on astromomy and
090405 - cosmology, ref OF 2 0001, which supports the 3rd part of the lecture
090406 - series.
090407 -
090408 -
090409 -
090410 -
0905 -
SUBJECTS
Copyright Fair Use Standard Applies Materials Sources for Accuracy E
1603 -
160401 - ..
160402 - Copyright Applies Fair Use Standard Sources for Accuracy and Education
160403 -
160404 - Professor Schombert explains copyright issues drawing on sources for
160405 - lecture and education that aligns with "fair use" standards.
160406 - ref OF 3 YP28
160407 -
160408 - [On 060314 research indicates that SDS records on the Internet
160409 - meet requirements of "fair use" standards of copyright law.
160410 - ref SDS 66 BW8T
160411 -
160412 -
160413 -
160414 -
1605 -
SUBJECTS
Philosophy of Science March 29 2004 Doctor James Schombert Universit
2403 -
240401 - ..
240402 - Philosophy of Science Order Scientific Method Cause and Effect
240403 -
240404 - Lecture 01 on 040329 presents philosophical foundation of science,
240405 - ref OF 5 0001, as distinguished from art, engineering, management,
240406 - fishing, etc. Includes sections on...
240408 - ..
240409 - Order Pattern Structure Causation System Paradigms Drive Action
240410 -
240411 - The main purpose of science...
240412 -
240413 - http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/science.html
240414 -
240415 - ...is to trace, within the chaos and flux of phenomena, a
240416 - consistent structure with order and meaning. ref OF 5 0001
240418 - ..
240419 - Schombert later presents the "locality principle," and the 2nd law of
240420 - thermodynamics under the irreversibility of time that demonstrates
240421 - tools to construct, maintain, and find the correct order of cause and
240422 - effect augment intelligence that yields the power of knowledge to
240423 - control the future. ref SDS 0 YH4G Thus, creating order, pattern, and
240424 - structure from the chaos of daily life is a huge advance toward
240425 - civilization under complexity theory reviewed in lecture #8.
240426 - ref SDS 52 1D6I
240428 - ..
240429 - [On 060412 outline software represents two (2) worlds of
240430 - complementarity in technology: (1) SDS intelligence support for
240431 - structure, order and pattern enables creativity to discover good
240432 - ideas through accurate understanding of causation that drives
240433 - production; and (2) wordprocessing tools make ideas look good
240434 - that drives sales. ref SDS 68 3H5G
240436 - ..
240437 - [On 041012 orderly, structured medical records are required to
240438 - accurately present patterns of patient history for diagnosis and
240439 - prescribing treatment that saves lives, time, and money,
240440 - ref SDS 59 4Q7Y, but there isn't enough time using familiar
240441 - methods and tools. ref SDS 59 UW5H
240443 - ..
240444 - This is called the philosophy of rationalism...,
240445 -
240446 - http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/rationalism.html
240447 -
240448 - ...as in conforming with reason. And the purpose of scientific
240449 - understanding is to coordinate our experiences and bring them into
240450 - a logical system...
240452 - ..
240453 - http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/logical_systems.html
240455 - ..
240456 - Thoughout history, intellectual scientific efforts have been
240457 - directed towards the discovery of pattern, system and structure,
240458 - with a special emphasis on order. Why? Primarily, the control of
240459 - the unpredictable driven by the fear of the unknown. ref OF 5 L038
240460 - Those who pursue answers are known as scientists....
240461 -
240462 - http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/scientist.html
240464 - ..
240465 - Humans and all creatures require order and structure influenced by
240466 - patterns of causality to survive by repeating steps that are logically
240467 - "known" to bring sustenance, safety, shelter, and to satisfy other
240468 - needs and desires. If every step has to be studied and analysed, life
240469 - would quickly become extinct under the common rule that separates
240470 - the...
240472 - ..
240473 - Quick and the dead!
240475 - ..
240476 - Order, pattern, structure, organization drive human "reasoning" that
240477 - builds paradigms on causation under the locality principle (see below,
240478 - ref SDS 0 YH4G) that drive desire to work on familiar things in
240479 - familiar ways, noted by Andy Grove in his book "Only the paranoid
240480 - survive," reviewed on 980307. ref SDS 20 3740
240481 -
240482 - [On 041012 orderly, structured medical records are required to
240483 - accurately present patterns of patient history for diagnosis and
240484 - prescribing treatment that saves lives, time, and money,
240485 - ref SDS 59 4Q7Y, but there isn't enough time using familiar
240486 - methods and tools. ref SDS 59 UW5H
240488 - ..
240489 - Survival drives reliance on paradigms. Ignorance, fear, and denial
240490 - resist improvement, per below, ref SDS 0 484H, because transition
240491 - requires a period of investigation that raises question, and reveals
240492 - doubt, uncertainty, and vulnerability of ignorance. Question and
240493 - disbelief of accepted paradigms changes "known" to unknown in order to
240494 - learn to "know" a new order of cause and effect. Fear of the
240495 - "unknown," cited by Schombert, ref SDS 0 KR5M, drives denial until
240496 - evidence becomes overwhelming.
240498 - ..
240499 - Schombert lectures continue...
240500 -
240501 - The main occupation of a scientist is problem solving
240502 -
240503 - http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/problem_solving.html
240504 -
240505 - ...with the goal of understanding the Universe.
240507 - ..
240508 - Science is founded on the hope that the world is rational in all
240509 - its observable aspects. Its possible that there may be some facets
240510 - of reality which lie beyond the power of human reasoning, that
240511 - there may be things with explanations that we could never grasp, or
240512 - no explanation at all, but the fact that the world is rational is
240513 - connected with the fact that it is ordered. ref OF 5 L054
240514 -
240515 -
240516 -
240517 -
2406 -
SUBJECTS
Scientific Arguments 4 Methods Deduction Induction Probability Stast
3503 -
350401 - ..
350402 - Scientific Method Rational Empirical Arguments 4 Forms
350403 -
350404 -
350405 - Schombert lectures continue...
350406 -
350407 - Aristotle believed that scientific knowledge comes from the logical
350408 - inferences built from indisputable, self-evident truths. But where
350409 - do those truths come from? Aristotle's answer was that we induce
350410 - them. ref OF 5 LQRS
350412 - ..
350413 - Induction is the acquiring of knowledge from our senses.
350414 - ref OF 5 R57H
350416 - ..
350417 - Thus, induction became the dominant method of science for 2000
350418 - years. Today we recognize that there are two types of science...
350419 -
350420 - rational
350421 - empirical
350423 - ..
350424 - Rational refers to statements coming from ideas, while empirical
350425 - refers to science based on observations. Rational science is about
350426 - ideas, whereas empirical science is about experiences connected to
350427 - the real world. ref OF 5 G77M
350429 - ..
350430 - Rational science starts from self-evident truths and moves by
350431 - rigorous logical arguments to a conclusion about some new truth,
350432 - this is called deduction. ref OF 5 U78H
350434 - ..
350435 - Empirical science starts from a hypothesis which implies a
350436 - tentative truth, and uses multiple observations to reach a
350437 - conclusion about the truth of the original hypothesis, this is
350438 - called induction. ref OF 5 G88L
350439 -
350441 - ..
350442 - Reasoning Four (4) Forms of Logic in Science
350443 - Logic Four (4) Forms of Reasoning in Science
350444 - Philosophy of Science 4 Forms of Reasoning with Logic
350445 -
350446 - Scientific arguments of logic take four forms...
350447 -
350448 - 1. Deduction, where some conclusion is drawn from a set of
350449 - propositions (i.e. pure logic), ref OF 5 L15R
350451 - ..
350452 - 2. Induction draws general conclusions from facts of evidence.
350453 - ref OF 5 0167
350455 - ..
350456 - 3. Probability induced from frequencies that justify conclusions
350457 - of likelihood, ref OF 5 0170, and
350459 - ..
350460 - 4. Statistical reasoning, which concludes that, on the average, a
350461 - certain percentage of a set of entities will satisfy the stated
350462 - conditions. ref OF 5 0Q73
350463 -
350464 -
350465 -
350466 -
3505 -
SUBJECTS
Cause Effect Locality Principle Energy Connect Dots Converts Informa
7303 -
730401 - ..
730402 - Information Theory Mathematics Locality Principle Cause Effect
730403 - Knowledge is Power Causality Time Locality Principle
730404 - Locality Principle Time Cause Effect Intelligence Knowledge
730405 - Cause and Effect Intelligence Converts Information into Knowledge
730406 -
730407 -
730408 - Schombert lectures continue...
730409 -
730410 - Newtonian physics, and all sciences derived from classical physics,
730411 - rests squarely on the principle of locality, ref OF 34 0001, the
730412 - idea that correlated events are related by a chain of causation.
730413 - ref OF 5 LRPW
730415 - ..
730416 - The necessary connection in cause and effect events is the exchange
730417 - of energy, ref OF 33 CH5H, which is the foundation of information
730418 - theory => knowledge is power (energy). ref OF 5 L22S
730420 - ..
730421 - "Chain of causation" rests on the irreversibility of time maintaining
730422 - the order of local connections exchanging energy between cause and
730423 - effect. Order from pattern and structure (see explanation of
730424 - "science," above, ref SDS 0 RP6K) controls the future based on the
730425 - irrevsability of time. The "power of knowledge" for predictability
730426 - flows from this foundational order in the universe, applied by 2nd law
730427 - of thermodynamics. Normally, energy dissipates randomly in a closed
730428 - system devolving all processes into disorder measured by rising
730429 - entropy, ref SDS 52 566F, and reviewed earlier on 970707.
730431 - ..
730432 - Connecting cause and effect applies "connectionist theory" of mental
730433 - processing, from Jeromy Campbell's book explaining cognitive science,
730434 - reviewed on 900303. ref SDS 4 6006 Correlating human mental power to
730435 - "plan" the future with scientific principles of physics, here the
730436 - "locality," ref SDS 0 YH4G, helps resolve the mystery of mental
730437 - sentience converting information into knowledge, and traditionally
730438 - explained in the Bible as turning "water into wine," from article in
730439 - Time magazine reviewed on 960409. ref SDS 15 7211 Scientific analysis
730440 - further avoids reliance on mysterious "black box" processing for
730441 - understanding Knowledge Management, discussed on 000113. ref SDS 26
730442 - 3380
730444 - ..
730445 - [On 080124 case study anger, frustration, willfully blind
730446 - refusing to consider "connectionist theory" from cognitive
730447 - science, and "locality principle" from physics for principled
730448 - explanation of Knowledge Management, reflects cultural inertia
730449 - of denial over many millennia to consider human mental
730450 - processing beyond Biblical explanations of the soul that "turns
730451 - water into wine." ref SDS 76 F25I
730453 - ..
730454 - [On 080502 health care Kaiser computer "Black Box" transaction
730455 - ordering medication prescription results uncertain. ref SDS 78
730456 - PW6M
730458 - ..
730459 - Working intelligently is "fun" applying the power of knowledge based
730460 - on the locality principle, reported on 001021, ref SDS 34 PK6M, citing
730461 - prior work on 001004, ref SDS 33 6N9G, and like playing the piano.
730462 - ref SDS 33 GR5L
730464 - ..
730465 - Predictability from the irreversibility of time presents an elemental
730466 - "linear" intelligence process for planning, command, and control,
730467 - explained in POIMS, ref OF 45 6649, only where order and pattern are
730468 - maintained to correctly understand cause and effect. SDS design of
730469 - flexible structure strives to meet this requirement, explained on
730470 - 890523. ref SDS 1 P13O This environment enables people to routinely
730471 - add energy to construct order and maintain the chain of causation
730472 - using relational and hierarchial trails of associations for flexible,
730473 - granular divisions of organic structure to manage context makes
730474 - complexity an asset for planning, performing, and reporting critical
730475 - details of daily work, reviewed on 890523. ref SDS 1 XT6O This core
730476 - requirement appears in management standards, policies, regulations,
730477 - and contracts calling for "notice," "documentation," "audit trail,"
730478 - "alignment," and "traceability to original sources," reviewed on
730479 - 950721. ref SDS 9 1740
730481 - ..
730482 - Complementarity applying the "plan, perform, report" integrated SDS
730483 - cycle, reviewed on 890523, ref SDS 1 LV59, supports a conscious
730484 - discipline ("scientific method") that leverages subconscious
730485 - intelligence mechanics for converting information into the power of
730486 - knowledge, see POIMS, ref OF 13 0367, as a routine exercise that
730487 - produces a continuing resource, like an encyclopedia of personal and
730488 - organizational memory, see POIMS. ref OF 16 6649 Complementarity of 7
730489 - elements of SDS flexible strucutre appled through writing with
730490 - chronology, context, and connection make efficiencies of electronic
730491 - records management in the paperless office model productive, also,
730492 - reviewed on 890523. ref SDS 1 UP9S
730494 - ..
730495 - [On 040312 complexity creates confusion and disorder until
730496 - complementarity adds energy to "connect the dots" into the
730497 - correct order of cause and effect applying chronology, context,
730498 - and connection, ref SDS 52 5P9I; without energy to tend the
730499 - garden of knowledge, disorder rises toward entropy making
730500 - complexity a crushing liability that overwhelms human mental
730501 - biology in confusion, conflict, crisis, calamity, and chaos.
730502 - ref SDS 52 W46M
730504 - ..
730505 - Philosopher Charles Peirce developed semiotic theory of knowledge
730506 - based on irreversability of time, reviewed on 000515. ref SDS 28 2156
730508 - ..
730509 - On 020608 case study shows defining knowledge distinct from using
730510 - information is hard to grasp, ref SDS 45 CC6J;
730512 - ..
730513 - [On 050115 philosophy grounding "Knowledge Management"
730514 - ref SDS 61 SF5K, correlates with cognitive science reviewed
730515 - 960518, ref SDS 16 GS58, management tasks considered 000307,
730516 - ref SDS 27 767G, and physical science locality principle power
730517 - of knowledge predicts and controls the future, reviewed on
730518 - 040312, ref SDS 51 YH4G
730520 - ..
730521 - Locality principle organizes complexity into order for predictability
730522 - using connections of cause and effect, per above, ref SDS 0 YH4G,
730523 - supports the core concept of "working intelligently" by working
730524 - quickly and accurately to save lives, time, and money, called out in
730525 - POIMS. ref OF 42 1X6G Drucker notes that analysis of sequence to
730526 - understand cause and effect is the primary resposponsiblity of
730527 - management, reviewed on 931130. ref SDS 7 4496 Bridging the gap from
730528 - information to knowledge management takes hard work with conventional
730529 - technologies and practices, reported on 000307. ref SDS 27 767G
730530 -
730531 - [On 061102 medical patient history illustrates challenge of
730532 - 2-worlds problem adding intelligence to information for working
730533 - quickly and accurately. ref SDS 75 6R4O
730535 - ..
730536 - Examples of difficulty connecting cause and effect to understand
730537 - complexity that overwhelms management, ignore requirements with
730538 - consequent failure, reported in study on 020504. ref SDS 44 NS6F
730540 - ..
730541 - [On 040312 complexity creates confusion and disorder until
730542 - complementarity adds energy to "connect the dots" into the
730543 - correct order of cause and effect applying chronology, context,
730544 - and connection, ref SDS 52 5P9I; without energy to tend the
730545 - garden of knowledge, disorder rises toward entropy making
730546 - complexity a crushing liability that overwhelms human mental
730547 - biology in confusion, conflict, crisis, calamity, and chaos.
730548 - ref SDS 52 W46M
730550 - ..
730551 - [On 040312 POIMS design fits complementarity principle of
730552 - quantum mechancs by extending a standard model of communication
730553 - using stream-of-conscious conversation, meetings, calls, email,
730554 - adding energy to connect the dots of cause and effect that
730555 - strengthen accuracy and timely follow up. ref SDS 53 TG5O
730557 - ..
730558 - [On 041012 orderly, structured medical records are required to
730559 - accurately present patterns of patient history for 2nd opinions
730560 - on diagnosis and prescribing treatment that saves lives, time,
730561 - and money, ref SDS 59 4Q7Y, but there isn't enough time using
730562 - familiar methods and tools. ref SDS 59 UW5H
730564 - ..
730565 - [On 051130 article in AIA Architect requires documentation to
730566 - align the work with requirements in contracts, plans and
730567 - specifications, ref SDS 64 G46F; during the past quarter
730568 - century, communication in meetings, calls and documents has
730569 - greatly expanded, increasing risks of error failing to verify
730570 - accuracy with alignment back to original sources. ref SDS 64
730571 - Z16L
730573 - ..
730574 - [On 060601 NWO intelligence support "connect the dots" that
730575 - yield power of knowledge to control future, based on locality
730576 - principle under 2nd law of thermodynamics from irreversibility
730577 - of time. ref SDS 72 8X9J
730579 - ..
730580 - Some authorities cite conflicts between locality and quantum
730581 - mechanics. In the 1930s, von Neuman was credited for demonstrating a
730582 - proof of quantum mechanics. Einstein and others cited conflicts in
730583 - von Neuman's proof concerning locality that suggested quantum
730584 - mechanics is an incomplete theory. ref SDS 0 RR9K Quantum mechanics
730585 - founded in statstical analysis has proven useful, leaving an open
730586 - question of locality in subatomic physics.
730588 - ..
730589 - [On 040312 Schombert's lecture 14 on the uncertainty principle
730590 - notes quantum mechanics reduce to Newtonian, classical physics
730591 - at the macro level of daily life. ref SDS 53 MN3N
730593 - ..
730594 - [On 040312 lecture 25 on cosmology discusses causal connection
730595 - arises from the underlying force of symmetry in the universe.
730596 - ref SDS 53 6N8K
730598 - ..
730599 - [On 060617 review Budiyono paper published 060602 "Dynamical
730600 - Foundation of Thermodynamical Behavior..." describes knowledge
730601 - as a mathematical proposition, ref SDS 73 K134, and extends
730602 - view that quantum mechanics reduce to classical mechanics at
730603 - the macro level with mathematical proof that locality,
730604 - uncertainty, the 2nd law, and gravity all derive from the
730605 - irreversibility of time, and so present a single law of nature.
730606 - ref SDS 73 K161
730608 - ..
730609 - Energy required for "connecting the dots" of cause and effect that
730610 - yields the power of "knowledge," complements research on 000307
730611 - reporting Knowledge Management is a lot of hard work without tools for
730612 - intelligence support. ref SDS 27 5182
730614 - ..
730615 - Definitions of knowledge and wisdom related to experience over time
730616 - showing causation, reviewed on 960227, ref SDS 13 0022,
730618 - ..
730619 - Drucker noted that people have given up on improving communications by
730620 - creating and maintaining connections of cause and effect, i.e.,
730621 - alignment, because it takes too much work to find relevant history and
730622 - create links using familiar tools in familiar ways reviewed on 931130.
730623 - ref SDS 7 3851 Bill Gates reported on 021108 that information is
730624 - piling up on computers that is never used, because nobody can find
730625 - anything for "connecting the dots" of cause and effect. ref SDS 46
730626 - EF5I Management standards for traceability to original sources,
730627 - reviewed on 950721, ref SDS 9 1740, are ignored, as unnecessary
730628 - overkill, reported on 951026, ref SDS 11 3245, and in a study of FAR
730629 - requirements on 020504. ref SDS 44 NS6F Without energy from
730630 - connecting cause and effect, the power of knowledge fails to yield
730631 - accurate predictability, causing error, mayhem, conflict, crisis, and
730632 - calamity.
730633 -
730634 - [On 041012 UCSF Medical Center reported that doctors need
730635 - medical records organized for preparing accurate and useful 2nd
730636 - opinions, ref SDS 59 4Q7Y, but this is hard to accomplish
730637 - because daily work is hectic, ref SDS 59 6KO8, people get
730638 - distracted, orderly work is boring, and supervision fails to
730639 - focus support, because accuracy seems like unnecessary
730640 - overkill. ref SDS 59 UW5H
730642 - ..
730643 - Fortune magazine reported that executives fail to execute good
730644 - management writing analysis to understand record of daily
730645 - communications, reported on 990625. ref SDS 23 0460 Andy Grove at
730646 - Intel recommends writing copious notes to avoid ambiguity of mental
730647 - maps, reviewed on 980307. ref SDS 21 3668 He further says little
730648 - things accumulate gradually to eventually bring down organizations.
730649 - ref SDS 20 2680
730651 - ..
730652 - Reality monitoring is an innate intelligence process defined in the
730653 - discipline of cognitive science within psychology. The human mind
730654 - continually cross-checks sensory perceptions against memory to avoid
730655 - mistakes that dissipate the power of knowledge, reviewed on 021118.
730656 - ref SDS 47 QS8H Diligence augments natural intelligence with tools
730657 - and processes using alphabet technology for documentation to verify
730658 - accuracy, explained in NWO. ref OF 51 PQ4M
730660 - ..
730661 - Ignoring reality monitoring under the "locality principle," per above,
730662 - ref SDS 0 YH4G, makes communication the biggest risk in enterprise,
730663 - cited in POIMS, ref OF 43 IE6L, see again Drucker, reviewed on 931130.
730664 - ref SDS 7 3851 Benefits of immediacy to expedite the work using
730665 - conversation and email devolve into "killer applications" without
730666 - complementarity for accuracy, reviewed in lecture 15, ref SDS 53 HN3M,
730667 - because errors kill productivity, driving management toward entropy,
730668 - reported on 020327. ref SDS 43 6X6H Linear, stream-of-conscious
730669 - information in meetings, calls, and email lacks energy to "connect the
730670 - dots" of cause and effect, reported by Jack Park discussing "laziness"
730671 - on 010908. ref SDS 37 YF5O Without accurate connections daily
730672 - communications lack the power of knowledge in pattern, structure, and
730673 - order that yield predictability. On 011003 Eric Armstrong noted that
730674 - communication without the power of knowledge paralizes productivity.
730675 - ref SDS 38 EC5N Gary Johnson concurred on 011006, ref SDS 39 O99K,
730676 - supporting Drucker's point.
730678 - ..
730679 - [On 040610 engineer for major technology project at DOD reports
730680 - information piling up on computers that nobody can use, because
730681 - there is no requirement at the company to connect cause and
730682 - effect for creating the power of knowledge. ref SDS 56 FF8V
730684 - ..
730685 - [On 060408 study finds information in unread email is piling up
730686 - on computers because nobody is adding energy that "connects the
730687 - dots" of cause and effect for converting information into the
730688 - power of knowledge. ref SDS 67 6O6O
730690 - ..
730691 - The locality principle supports "working intelligently" by "connecting
730692 - the dots" in information from daily meetings, calls, and documents for
730693 - accurately understanding casuality, set out in POIMS. ref OF 44 2300
730694 - Investing time to add energy that connects chronology and context
730695 - converts information into knowledge; otherwise, management degrades to
730696 - entropy, under the 2nd law of thermodynamics, ref SDS 52 566F, further
730697 - noted in the USAFIT study, reported in research record on 970707.
730698 - ref SDS 19 0108 This fits Drucker's view that consistent good results
730699 - require "good management," reviewed on 931130, ref SDS 6 WX7W, and
730700 - that "good management" routinely invests time for analysis to
730701 - understand cause and effect in the stream of daily communications.
730702 - ref SDS 7 7911
730703 -
730704 - [On 060505 case study example scheduling meeting where purpose
730705 - is not known degrades productivity of complex organization.
730706 - ref SDS 70 P18O
730708 - ..
730709 - Eight (8) steps of Communication Metrics, listed in POIMS, ref OF 45
730710 - 685K, maintain alignment over time to avoid a morass of error and
730711 - rework that paralyzes productivity, reported on 011003. ref SDS 38
730712 - EC5N Failure to perform the "intelligence" work of connecting cause
730713 - and effect quickly dissipates the power of knowledge that enables
730714 - decisions that accurately predict future results, noted by Gary in his
730715 - letter on 011006. ref SDS 39 O99K
730717 - ..
730718 - The locality principle of missed connections as the core measurement
730719 - of entropy seems to support calculations in the report of cost savings
730720 - from investing time to construct connections published by USACE on
730721 - 971007. ref DRP 5 4172 Accuracy to avoid continual bumbling presents
730722 - a corollary metric of management communications devolving toward
730723 - entropy, discussed on 950204. ref SDS 8 8A9F
730724 -
730725 - [On 040312 complexity and chaos lecture demonstrates value of
730726 - complexity, i.e., organization, for leveraging human talents
730727 - when energy is applied to maintain knowledge of cause and
730728 - effect, ref SDS 52 1D6I, and that natural evolution of the
730729 - business environment requires intelligence support specified in
730730 - POIMS. ref SDS 52 D85M
730732 - ..
730733 - [On 040527 requirements for technology to expend effort on
730734 - making connections that makes communication effective; cites
730735 - locality principle reviewed here; without adding energy to make
730736 - connections, communication and understanding degrade to
730737 - entropy. ref SDS 55 GM5N
730739 - ..
730740 - [On 060408 example in aerospace industry of communications
730741 - degrading to entropy. ref SDS 67 0001
730743 - ..
730744 - [On 060412 outline software provides support for structure that
730745 - reduces entropy in communications. ref SDS 68 317J
730747 - ..
730748 - [On 060425 letter asking for clarification of mechanicanistic,
730749 - Newtonian, linear, reductionist thinking applying the locality
730750 - principal energy, connections, causation, and entropy.
730751 - ref SDS 69 6P51
730753 - ..
730754 - The locality principle that relates energy, information, causality,
730755 - and time to form knowledge, ref SDS 0 YH4G, supports the common
730756 - expression...
730757 -
730758 - Time is money and knowledge is power
730759 -
730760 - ...cited in POIMS. ref OF 43 TP4N
730762 - ..
730763 - The explanation of "knowledge" in relation to energy connecting cause
730764 - and effect that degrades over time toward entropy, i.e., disorder,
730765 - ref SDS 0 YH4G, further indicates that the locality principle aligns
730766 - with POIMS requirements for intelligence support. ref OF 42 0561
730767 - Similarly, the idea of a "process" that transforms information into
730768 - knowledge is presented in an essay on 21st century education,
730769 - ref OF 39 IR61, that fits SDS support for continual learning,
730770 - ref OF 44 7T9I, called out as well by the Tofflers, reviewed on
730771 - 950911. ref SDS 10 2222
730772 -
730773 - [On 060617 review Budiyono paper published 060602 "Dynamical
730774 - Foundation of Thermodynamical Behavior..." describes knowledge
730775 - as a mathematical proposition, ref SDS 73 K134, and extends
730776 - view that quantum mechanics reduce to classical mechanics at
730777 - the macro level with mathematical proof that locality,
730778 - uncertainty, the 2nd law, and gravity all derive from the
730779 - irreversibility of time, and so present a single law of nature.
730780 - ref SDS 73 K161
730781 -
730783 - ..
730784 - Truth is a Moving Target without Intelligence to Align Cause Effect
730785 - Information Density Reduces Understanding Drives Management to Entropy
730786 - Entropy Management Failure Without Invest Add Order to Information
730787 - Signal or Noise Derived from Shannon's Information Theory Equations
730788 -
730789 - "Information theory" cited in Schombert's lecture, ref SDS 0 L22S,
730790 - presents mathematical support for communication metrics, including a
730791 - theory that information without connections of causality decays order
730792 - into entropy. ref SDS 0 L22S Claude Shannon developed mathematics of
730793 - Communication Metrics in the late 1940s. Previously Shannon
730794 - formulated a theory for digital computer design while working on the
730795 - Differential Analyzer at MIT in 1937, reviewed on 960304. ref SDS 14
730796 - J46H
730797 -
730798 - [On 060505 case study example scheduling meeting where purpose
730799 - is not known degrades productivity of complex organization.
730800 - ref SDS 70 P18O
730802 - ..
730803 - An article reviews Shannon's Information Theory of communication and
730804 - entropy...
730805 -
730806 - Info Nation
730808 - ..
730809 - Heroes of Cyberspace: Claude Shannon
730811 - ..
730812 - by Charles A. Gimon
730813 -
730814 - http://www.skypoint.com/~gimonca/shannon.html
730816 - ..
730817 - ...information theory gives engineers the math tools needed to
730818 - figure out channel capacity--how much information can go from A to
730819 - B without errors. The information you want is the "signal". The
730820 - information you don't want is "noise".
730822 - ..
730823 - In information theory, the more possible messages you could be
730824 - receiving, the more uncertainty you have about what actual message
730825 - you're getting. If you had to track the motion of each atom in the
730826 - piston of an engine, you could just say they're all moving in the
730827 - same direction. If you had to track the motion of each atom in the
730828 - hot exhaust, you would be stuck with lots more information. More
730829 - information means more entropy.
730830 -
730831 - ...information theory, information is entropy, is uncertainty.
730832 -
730833 - [On 060617 review Budiyono paper published 060602 "Dynamical
730834 - Foundation of Thermodynamical Behavior..." describes knowledge
730835 - as a mathematical proposition, ref SDS 73 K134, and extends
730836 - view that quantum mechanics reduce to classical mechanics at
730837 - the macro level with mathematical proof that locality,
730838 - uncertainty, the 2nd law, and gravity all derive from the
730839 - irreversibility of time, and so present a single law of nature.
730840 - ref SDS 73 K161
730841 -
730843 - ..
730844 - Schombert lectures continue...
730845 -
730846 - Also key to cause and effect is the concept that an object's
730847 - existence and properties are independent of the observation or
730848 - experiment and rooted in the material reality...
730849 -
730850 - http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/reality.html
730851 -
730852 - ...of Nature. ref OF 5 L217
730854 - ..
730855 - God can be viewed as the initial cause that placed the universe in
730856 - motion. ref OF 5 QSUY
730858 - ..
730859 - Schombert discusses religious aspects as part of the lecture on 040428
730860 - that presents holism in relation to quantum mechanics. ref SDS 53 824J
730861 - Lecture #20 on 040520 discusses "creation" and explains diesm and
730862 - theism as part of the presentation on cosmology. ref SDS 53 X15F The
730863 - lectures conclude on 040602 with a presentation on the anthropic
730864 - principle that discusses religion with respect to the need for a
730865 - creating cause. ref SDS 53 QP5L
730866 -
730867 -
730869 - ..
730870 - Alphabet Technology Locality Principle Expanded by SDS Design
730871 - SDS Design Chronology Context Connection Expand Alphabet Technology
730872 - SDS Extends Power of Alphabet for Connecting the Dots of Intelligence
730873 -
730874 - Alphabet technology applies the locality principle that adds energy to
730875 - organize information so that knowledge does not decay into entropy,
730876 - noted by Shannon. ref SDS 0 FQ3O The mechanics of literacy augment
730877 - human intelligence that connects small characters into patterns of
730878 - linear representation of casuality, as explained in POIMS. ref OF 42
730879 - ER3G
730881 - ..
730882 - Literacy significantly leverages human creativity to overcome the
730883 - constraints of chaos, reviwed below. ref SDS 0 8F6N
730885 - ..
730886 - SDS expands the linear reductionist mechanism of alphabet technology,
730887 - as described in physics, ref SDS 0 DH7J, with additional dimensions of
730888 - chronology, context, and connections. These added dimensions augment
730889 - intelligence by overcoming limitations of human span of attention for
730890 - understanding cause and effect, as explained in POIMS. ref OF 45 8555
730891 -
730892 -
730893 -
730894 -
730895 -
730896 -
730897 -
730898 -
7309 -
SUBJECTS
Reductionism Analysis Correlations Implications Nuance Small Inocuou
8403 -
840401 - ..
840402 - Reductionism Analysis Understand Elemental Forces of Nature
840403 -
840404 - Reductionism is the belief that any complex set of phenomena can be
840405 - defined or explained in terms of a relatively few simple or
840406 - primitive ones. ref OF 5 PRUX
840407 -
840408 - http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/reductionism.html
840410 - ..
840411 - Why is "reductionism" a "belief" rather than a practice or technology
840412 - like breathing, mathematics, literacy, analysis, synthesis, review,
840413 - observation, experimentation, study, investigation, etc. Are people
840414 - who believe in "study" reductionists?
840416 - ..
840417 - Schombert lectures continue...
840418 -
840419 - For example, atomism is a form of reductionism in that it holds
840420 - that everything in the Universe can be broken down into a few
840421 - simple entities (elementary particles) and laws and interactions
840422 - among them. Modern chemistry reduces chemical properties to ninety
840423 - or so basic elements (kinds of atoms) and their rules of
840424 - combination. ref OF 5 L278
840426 - ..
840427 - To a reductionist, once a set of equations or mathematical
840428 - relations has been found to describe a system, then the behavior of
840429 - the system is considered to be explained. ref OF 5 LR84
840431 - ..
840432 - Reductionism is very similar to, and has its roots from Occam's
840433 - Razor...
840434 -
840435 - http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/occams_razor.html
840436 -
840437 - ...which states that between competing ideas, the simplest theory
840438 - that fits the facts of a problem is the one that should be
840439 - selected. ref OF 5 L296
840441 - ..
840442 - Reductionism was widely accepted due to its power in prediction and
840443 - formulation. It is, at least, a good approximation of the
840444 - macroscopic world...
840445 -
840446 - http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/images/crazy_cat.gif">
840447 -
840448 - ...(although it is completely wrong for the microscope world, see
840449 - quantum physics). ref OF 5 L305
840451 - ..
840452 - Locality principle and irreversability of time that create the power
840453 - of knowledge for prediction and formulation were presented in the 1st
840454 - lecture on March 29, 2004, ref SDS 0 YH4G, and later on April 7, 2004
840455 - respectively. ref SDS 52 566F
840457 - ..
840458 - Schombert lectures continue...
840459 -
840460 - Too much success is a dangerous thing since the reductionist
840461 - philosophy led to a wider, ref OF 5 L3Q1, paradigm...
840462 -
840463 - http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/paradigm.html
840464 -
840465 - ...the methodology of scientism...
840466 -
840467 - http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/scientism.html">
840469 - ..
840470 - ...the view that everything can and should be reduced to the
840471 - properties of matter (materialism)...
840472 -
840473 - http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/materialism.html">
840474 -
840475 - ...such that emotion, aesthetics and religious experience can be
840476 - reduced to biological instinct, chemical imbalances in the brain,
840477 - etc. The 20th century reaction against reductionism is
840478 - relativism...
840479 -
840480 - http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/relativism.html">
840482 - ..
840483 - Modern science is somewhere in between. ref OF 5 L3Q1
840484 -
840485 - [On 040312 Schombert's lecture on 040428 discussing uncertainty
840486 - principle notes quantum mechanics reduce to Newtonian physics
840487 - at the macro level of daily life. ref SDS 53 MN3N
840488 -
840489 - [On 040620 linear Newtonian mechanical and reductionist
840490 - thinking bitterly criticized for practice and tools of
840491 - Knowledge Management. ref SDS 57 K47Q
840492 -
840493 -
840494 -
840495 -
8405 -
SUBJECTS
Determinism Rational Universe Everything an Effect of Original Cause
A003 -
A00401 - ..
A00402 - Determinism Excuses Free Will Rational Universe Everything Set
A00403 -
A00404 - Reductionism implies a philosophy of "determinism" that everything
A00405 - has a cause, and that a particular cause leads to a unique effect.
A00406 - Another way of stating this is that for everything that happens
A00407 - there are conditions such that, given them, nothing else could
A00408 - happen. ref OF 5 LSRY
A00410 - ..
A00411 - Determinism is the theory that all events, including moral choices,
A00412 - are completely determined by previously existing causes that
A00413 - preclude free will and the possibility that humans could have acted
A00414 - otherwise. ref OF 5 TS9N
A00416 - ..
A00417 - The theory holds that the Universe is utterly rational because
A00418 - complete knowledge of any given situation assures that unerring
A00419 - knowledge of its future is also possible. ref OF 5 TS9N
A00421 - ..
A00422 - Indeterminism, on the other hand, though not denying behavioral
A00423 - patterns and extrinsic forces on human actions, recognizes free
A00424 - choice. ref OF 5 L36T
A00426 - ..
A00427 - Implicit to determinism is the fact that every event happens of
A00428 - necessity. It has to happen; the Universe has no choice.
A00429 - ref OF 5 L674
A00431 - ..
A00432 - Determinism also implies that everything is predictable given
A00433 - enough information. Since Newtonian or classical physics...
A00434 -
A00435 - http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/newtonian.html
A00436 -
A00437 - ...is rigidly determinist, both in the predictions of its equations
A00438 - and its foundations, then there is no room for chance, surprise and
A00439 - creativity. ref OF 5 L3XY Everything is as it has to be, which
A00440 - gave rise to the concept of a clockwork Universe.
A00441 -
A00442 - http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/clockwork_universe.html
A00444 - ..
A00445 - Attributing to Newton the proposition of "determinism" defined as
A00446 - voiding determination of causation as irrelevant, because all events
A00447 - are pre-determined, seems conflicting with Newton's alleged discovery
A00448 - of gravity by observing an apple fall from a tree. Newton seems to
A00449 - have been bright enough to grasp that if he chose to pick the apple,
A00450 - it would not have fallen, i.e., people can choose to intervene and
A00451 - disrupt causal chain of events. This capability gives rise to
A00452 - "decisions" and in particular with contract notice provisions.
A00453 - Traffic stop signs further depend on people making a determination to
A00454 - change course in order to cause a different effect.
A00455 -
A00456 -
A00457 -
A00458 -
A00459 -
A00460 -
A00461 -
A005 -
SUBJECTS
Laws of Nature Mathematical Constants Guide Universe Regularities Ex
AL03 -
AL0401 - ..
AL0402 - Regularities Experience Discover Laws of Nature Paradigms Constant
AL0403 - Laws of Nature Discover Mathematical Constants Guide Universe
AL0404 -
AL0405 - The rise of science during the Age of Reason produced the idea that
AL0406 - there is a hidden order in Nature, which is mathematical in form
AL0407 - and could be uncovered by investigation. This hidden order could
AL0408 - be expressed in the form of mathematical principles, or laws of
AL0409 - Nature. ref OF 5 LTPW
AL0411 - ..
AL0412 - Direct connections between events are usually apparent to the
AL0413 - senses. Scientific theories provide contextual framework for
AL0414 - measurements to establish and quantify precise cause and effect.
AL0415 - ref OF 5 M542
AL0417 - ..
AL0418 - Regularities in Nature are an objective fact, thus we do not impose
AL0419 - laws onto Nature. Consistent laws of Nature leads to the role of
AL0420 - scientific discovery. ref OF 5 L451
AL0422 - ..
AL0423 - The laws of Nature are eternal, absolute and have an independent
AL0424 - existence outside the physical conditions of an experiment.
AL0425 - Success in the scientific method rests on the reproducibility of
AL0426 - the results. ref OF 5 L484
AL0428 - ..
AL0429 - Natural law is sometimes used to express laws of nature as presented
AL0430 - on the Internet, and says in part...
AL0431 -
AL0432 - Natural law is law that exists independently of the positive
AL0433 - law of a given political order, society or nation-state.
AL0434 -
AL0435 - As a genre, natural law is the law of nature...
AL0436 -
AL0437 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_law
AL0439 - ..
AL0440 - Natural laws like the law of gravity express properties that occur
AL0441 - naturally in the universe independent of human will and craft.
AL0443 - ..
AL0444 - Reproducable results yield laws of nature that define the structure of
AL0445 - matter and forces of interaction discussed above, ref SDS 0 RP6K,
AL0446 - based on rational order of the locality principle, also above.
AL0447 - ref SDS 0 YH4G
AL0449 - ..
AL0450 - Schombert later cites in lecture 28 on 040602 mathematical constants
AL0451 - for the laws of nature that guide the universe, in reviewing the
AL0452 - anthropic principle. ref SDS 53 QP5L
AL0454 - ..
AL0455 - Philosophy of science based on constant mathematical laws of nature
AL0456 - derived from understanding order and structure, discussed above,
AL0457 - ref SDS 0 S49N, drive belief in paradigms under the locality principle
AL0458 - of cause and effect, ref SDS 0 YH4G, for navigating through a complex
AL0459 - world by making decisions that yield consistent results.
AL0461 - ..
AL0462 - Laws of nature that describe physical properties and forces are
AL0463 - sometimes called...
AL0464 -
AL0465 - eternal law
AL0467 - ..
AL0468 - Natural law likewise derives from constant biological properties,
AL0469 - characteristics, needs, and drives of human life: breathing, water,
AL0470 - food, shelter, protection, reproduction, freedom of action to satisify
AL0471 - needs and drives, i.e., pursuit of happiness, Jefferson presented in
AL0472 - the Declearation of Independence...
AL0473 -
AL0474 - We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are
AL0475 - created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with
AL0476 - certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty
AL0477 - and the pursuit of Happiness.
AL0479 - ..
AL0480 - Natural law can differentiated from...
AL0481 -
AL0482 - divine law..................... achieving salvation
AL0483 -
AL0484 - Sometimes "natural law" is also called "God's Law" and the "Law
AL0485 - of God."
AL0487 - ..
AL0488 - common law................... evolves from jurisprudence
AL0490 - ..
AL0491 - positive law.................. man made law
AL0492 -
AL0493 - 1. king's law
AL0494 - 2. legislated law
AL0495 -
AL0496 - ...however, generally all of these forms of law strive to accomodate
AL0497 - and laws of nature, i.e., to accomodate and further "natural" human
AL0498 - needs.
AL0500 - ..
AL0501 - Natural law is further distinguished from laws of nature in the
AL0502 - context of legal theory - see...
AL0503 -
AL0504 - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
AL0505 -
AL0506 - ...stating in part...
AL0507 -
AL0508 - Natural law moral theory is committed only to the objectivity of
AL0509 - moral norms. There is debate about socpe and application, e.g.,
AL0510 - Moore, Sayre-McCord
AL0511 -
AL0512 - http://www.iep.utm.edu/n/natlaw.htm
AL0514 - ..
AL0515 - Natural law derives standards of morality from the nature of the
AL0516 - world and the nature of human beings. St. Thomas Aquinas
AL0518 - ..
AL0519 - Some norms are authoritative in virtue of their moral content, even
AL0520 - when there is no convention that makes moral merit a criterion of
AL0521 - legal validity. The idea that the concepts of law and morality
AL0522 - intersect in some way is called the Overlap Thesis.
AL0524 - ..
AL0525 - Aquinas maintains that law promulgated by human beings is valid
AL0526 - only insofar as its content conforms to the content of the natural
AL0527 - law; as Aquinas puts the point: "[E]very human law has just so much
AL0528 - of the nature of law as is derived from the law of nature. But if
AL0529 - in any point it deflects from the law of nature, it is no longer a
AL0530 - law but a perversion of law" (ST I-II, Q.95, A.II). To paraphrase
AL0531 - Augustine's famous remark, an unjust law is really no law at all.
AL0533 - ..
AL0534 - The idea that a norm that does not conform to the natural law
AL0535 - cannot be legally valid is the defining thesis of conceptual
AL0536 - naturalism. As William Blackstone describes the thesis, "This law
AL0537 - of nature, being co-eval with mankind and dictated by God himself,
AL0538 - is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding
AL0539 - over all the globe, in all countries, and at all times: no human
AL0540 - laws are of any validity, if contrary to this; and such of them as
AL0541 - are valid derive all their force, and all their authority,
AL0542 - mediately or immediately, from this original" (1979, 41). In this
AL0543 - passage, Blackstone articulates the two claims that constitute the
AL0544 - theoretical core of conceptual naturalism: 1) there can be no
AL0545 - legally valid standards that conflict with the natural law; and 2)
AL0546 - all valid laws derive what force and authority they have from the
AL0547 - natural law.
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SUBJECTS
Models Theories Paradigm Paradox Science Moves in Leaps Thomas Kuhn
BA03 -
BA0401 - ..
BA0402 - Models Theories and Paradigms Science Moves in Leaps
BA0403 - Evolution Science Discovery in Leaps with Enabling Forces
BA0404 - Kuhn Enabling Forces Drive Science Discovery Evolution in Leaps
BA0405 - Paradigm Paradox Disbelief Until Experience forms New Paradigms
BA0406 -
BA0407 - Scientific theories "discover" models of the world, e.g., Hawking
BA0408 - radiation...
BA0409 -
BA0410 - http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/images/hawking_radiation.gif
BA0411 -
BA0412 - ...refers to a mathematical relationship. A true discovery would
BA0413 - refer to the observation of the phenomenon in Nature (with respect
BA0414 - to Hawking radiation, no one has yet directly observed a black
BA0415 - hole). ref OF 5 LUPX
BA0417 - ..
BA0418 - Models or theories of science are called paradigms. Reductionism
BA0419 - was one of the founding paradigms of science that yielded 300 years
BA0420 - of progress. Science strives to discover truth through the prism
BA0421 - of paradigms rather than adhere to dogma. ref OF 5 LU54
BA0423 - ..
BA0424 - Thomas Kuhn argued that science moves in leaps. Paradigms become
BA0425 - standards in which new ideas are tested. New theories encounter
BA0426 - disbelief, then grudging acceptance as people gain experience, and
BA0427 - eventually form the next paradigm. Each paradigm shift, or science
BA0428 - revolution, leads to a major step forward in our understanding of
BA0429 - the underlying reality. ref OF 5 L574
BA0431 - ..
BA0432 - Evolution lecture 09 does not mention the role of enabling forces that
BA0433 - cause "quantum leaps" in changing order, structure, pattern of
BA0434 - complexity. ref SDS 52 JT9K
BA0436 - ..
BA0437 - Schombert's explanation that "disbelief moves to grudging acceptance"
BA0438 - simplifies experience showing ignorance, fear, and denial drive people
BA0439 - to resist new ideas, per Schombert's observation about "fear of the
BA0440 - unknown," above. ref SDS 0 KR5M Scientists use standards and
BA0441 - paradigms as dogma to avoid trauma investing time for cognitive
BA0442 - overhead to investigate (see NWO, ref OF 52 LH6K) that disrupts faith,
BA0443 - belief, practices and investments centered around existing methods, in
BA0444 - like manner as mechanics, executives, bakers, teachers, politicians,
BA0445 - beauticians, managers, doctors, engineers, theologians, and everyone
BA0446 - on the planet. An example is resistance to SDS and POIMS reported on
BA0447 - 000922. ref SDS 32 EF84
BA0449 - ..
BA0450 - Example of emotional "war" between disbelief and belief, leading to
BA0451 - grudging acceptance of SDS for a new way of working is discussion on
BA0452 - 020110 showing great swings in evaluating SDS. ref SDS 41 DL5O
BA0453 -
BA0454 -
BA0456 - ..
BA0457 - Willfully Blind Frustrating Waiting for the Water to Boil
BA0458 - Waiting for the Water to Boil Frustrating Overcoming Willfully Blind
BA0459 - 50 Years to Accept Error in Proof by Prominent Mathetician Von Neuman
BA0460 - Locality Principle Von Neuman People Refused to Accept Errors in Proof
BA0461 -
BA0462 - An example of scientific intransigence was the debate among Einstein,
BA0463 - Von Neumann, Hermann, Bohm, Bell, et al, beginning in the mid-1930s
BA0464 - about the locality principle and quantum mechanics, cited above.
BA0465 - ref SDS 0 YH4G
BA0466 -
BA0467 - [...wave particle duality described as complementarity was
BA0468 - part of the Einstein-Bohr debate.
BA0470 - ..
BA0471 - [On 051113 von Neuman cited in NWO to explain transformation
BA0472 - from analog to digital computers, relating history of ENIAC.
BA0473 - ref SDS 63 AF8I
BA0474 -
BA0476 - ..
BA0477 - Faith in Fiction Impentrable by Truth Paradigm Paradox Inoculates
BA0478 - Walking through the Valley of Death Experts Frozen by Faith
BA0479 - Official View Reality Paradigm Paradox Better Ideas Rubbished
BA0480 - Rubbished Idea Conflicts Prevailing Paradigm Official View Reality
BA0481 -
BA0483 - ..
BA0484 - Fergus Ray-Murray explains in a paper...
BA0485 -
BA0486 - Quantum Entanglement and Causality
BA0487 - Spooky Action at a Distance - Einstein and Locality
BA0488 - Einstein Special Relativity Locality Spooky action
BA0489 - Locality Separability Classical Quantum Mechanics Diverge
BA0491 - ..
BA0492 - In 1935, Einstein along with several of his graduate students
BA0493 - published an article called the "EPR Paper" that reported errors in
BA0494 - von Neumann's 1932 proof of quantum mechanics that overlooked the
BA0495 - locality principle in rejecting particle definite states, and so
BA0496 - contradicted relativity theory, including the irreversibility of time,
BA0497 - by allowing events to be influenced by action in the future. Einstein
BA0498 - postulated that particles must have definite states to account for
BA0499 - measurements of "spooky action at a distance" not yet recognized by
BA0500 - quantum mechanics, as shown by von Neumann's proof. ref OF 38 PQVY
BA0501 - For over 20 years, the scientific community ignored errors that
BA0502 - everyone wanted to be correct, because von Neumann was the "new"
BA0503 - expert, ref OF 38 4QYQ, further illustrating innate human drive, even
BA0504 - amoung scientists, to rely on personalities, for a short-cut to
BA0505 - "credibility," rather than invest time for cognitive overhead to study
BA0506 - the merits of ideas...
BA0508 - ..
BA0509 - [On 040312 Schombert's lecture on 040428 discussing
BA0510 - uncertainty principle notes quantum mechanics reduce to
BA0511 - Newtonian, classical physics at the macro level of daily
BA0512 - life. ref SDS 53 MN3N and also ref SDS 53 GT5S
BA0514 - ..
BA0515 - [On 040312 Schombert's lecture 15 Copenhagen Interpretation
BA0516 - of quantum mechanics Einstein's cites quantum mechanics
BA0517 - incomplete theory of uncertainty principle, due to hidden
BA0518 - variables. ref SDS 53 GT5O
BA0520 - ..
BA0521 - [On 040312 holism posed to explain complementary forces
BA0522 - under wave particle duality theory of light that cannot be
BA0523 - explained by component forces. ref SDS 53 B65L
BA0525 - ..
BA0526 - [On 040312 Hawking cites Bell experiments disprove hidden
BA0527 - variable theory, ref SDS 53 LF3J, that Einstein suggested
BA0528 - makes quantum mechanics incomplete. ref SDS 53 UZ8M
BA0530 - ..
BA0531 - [On 051113 NWO cites Tesla invented alternating electrical
BA0532 - current for public utilities was ignored and rubbished by
BA0533 - experts with faith in a fiction impenetrable by truth.
BA0534 - ref SDS 63 C58G
BA0536 - ..
BA0537 - [On 050113 NWO cites Atanasoff invented digital computer
BA0538 - was ignored and rubbished in 1941 and 1942 by experts at
BA0539 - IBM, the US Navy, and Harvard. ref SDS 63 O64H
BA0541 - ..
BA0542 - [On 050113 NWO cites Mauchly design for ENIAC digital
BA0543 - computer was ignored and rubbished in 1941 by experts at
BA0544 - Moore School of Engineering, ref SDS 63 GI6M
BA0546 - ..
BA0547 - [On 051113 NWO cites Army Lieutenant Goldstein and Captain
BA0548 - Gallon told in 1942 by experts at IBM, Harvard, Bell Labs,
BA0549 - etc., that Mauchly's design for a digital computer was "for
BA0550 - the birds" and would never work. ref SDS 63 GI6M
BA0552 - ..
BA0553 - [On 060129 Doug Engelbart's work augmenting intelligence
BA0554 - blocked by prevailing paradigm. ref SDS 65 V97M
BA0556 - ..
BA0557 - [On 060617 review Budiyono paper published 060602
BA0558 - "Dynamical Foundation of Thermodynamical Behavior..."
BA0559 - describes knowledge as a mathematical proposition,
BA0560 - ref SDS 73 K134, and extends view that quantum mechanics
BA0561 - reduce to classical mechanics at the macro level with
BA0562 - mathematical proof that locality, uncertainty, the 2nd law,
BA0563 - and gravity all derive from the irreversibility of time,
BA0564 - and so present a single law of nature. ref SDS 73 K161
BA0566 - ..
BA0567 - In 1952, ...David Bohm succeeded in what von Neumann had
BA0568 - apparently shown to be impossible: He created a fully working
BA0569 - "hidden variables" interpretation. His theory constituted a
BA0570 - convincing counter-example to the von Neumann "proof", but was
BA0571 - generally ignored or rubbished for some time. Many physicists
BA0572 - believed rather vaguely that someone or other had shown how
BA0573 - Bohm couldn't possibly be right -- that some gaping flaw in
BA0574 - Bohm's logic had been exposed, showing why his theory had to be
BA0575 - wrong. But there was no such flaw; Bohm's theory, though
BA0576 - inelegant, stood in stark defiance of the alleged impossibility
BA0577 - of an ontological interpretation of quantum mechanics (that is,
BA0578 - one which tries to give a description of the world itself, and
BA0579 - not just rules determining what we can say about it). John von
BA0580 - Neumann had, in fact, been quite wrong. ref OF 38 420P
BA0582 - ..
BA0583 - In 1935 the von Neumann proof was actually refuted - its fatal
BA0584 - logical flaw exposed - by a little-heard of female German
BA0585 - mathematician by the name of Grete Hermann (footnote 7).
BA0586 - Nobody seems to have paid any attention at all until 1974. In
BA0587 - 1952 David Bohm formulated a theory which demonstrated quite
BA0588 - clearly, for anyone who took the time to look at it, that von
BA0589 - Neumann couldn't possibly be right. ref OF 38 PRRS
BA0591 - ..
BA0592 - When Bohm's theory was published it was attacked by several
BA0593 - eminent physicists, and subsequently it was widely treated as
BA0594 - if it had been refuted. But it had not. As Bell put it
BA0595 - "...even Pauli, Rosenfeld, and Heisenberg, could produce no
BA0596 - more devastating criticism of Bohm's version than to brand it
BA0597 - as "metaphysical" and "ideological" (footnote 8). People not
BA0598 - only ignored Bohm's theory - they actually kept producing new
BA0599 - variations on the proof showing why it couldn't possibly exist,
BA0600 - well after 1952. When Bell finally showed what was wrong with
BA0601 - such proofs in a paper which people actually paid attention to
BA0602 - (footnote 9), one might have expected that people would finally
BA0603 - stop making the same mistake. But they did not. People kept
BA0604 - on producing impossibility proofs with closely related errors
BA0605 - at least as late as 1978, twelve years after their central
BA0606 - fallacy was brought to the fore by Bell, twenty-six years after
BA0607 - a convincing counter-example was shown to exist - and
BA0608 - forty-three years after von Neumann's proof had first been
BA0609 - disproven.
BA0610 -
BA0611 - [On 040312 Schombert's lecture on 040428 discussing
BA0612 - uncertainty principle notes quantum mechanics reduce to
BA0613 - Newtonian, classical physics at the macro level of daily
BA0614 - life. ref SDS 53 MN3N
BA0616 - ..
BA0617 - [On 060617 review Budiyono paper published 060602
BA0618 - "Dynamical Foundation of Thermodynamical Behavior..."
BA0619 - describes knowledge as a mathematical proposition,
BA0620 - ref SDS 73 K134, and extends view that quantum mechanics
BA0621 - reduce to classical mechanics at the macro level with
BA0622 - mathematical proof that locality, uncertainty, the 2nd law,
BA0623 - and gravity all derive from the irreversibility of time,
BA0624 - and so present a single law of nature. ref SDS 73 K161
BA0626 - ..
BA0627 - Transformation to new way of working is slowed by cultural resistance
BA0628 - of bright people invested in popular paradigms, per above. ref SDS 0
BA0629 - HH3M Andy Grove describes trying to get successful executives to
BA0630 - improve the work is like walking through the "Valley of Death,"
BA0631 - reported on 980307. ref SDS 21 1657 Morris Jones had the same
BA0632 - experience at Chips and Technologies, reported on 951228. ref SDS 12
BA0633 - RL7L On 990527 Morris described cultural resistance to improvement.
BA0634 - ref SDS 22 1233
BA0636 - ..
BA0637 - On 000922 people search for a Knowledge Management solution ignored
BA0638 - SDS and POIMS because the ideas were beyond experience. ref SDS 32
BA0639 - EF84, SDS capabilities were beyond reach working with familiar tools
BA0640 - in familiar ways. ref SDS 32 U23L On 010520 there was concern that
BA0641 - the executive committee at SRI would all quit, if SDS were implemented
BA0642 - to work intelligently for avoiding mistakes. ref SDS 35 E688
BA0643 -
BA0644 - [On 040622 experts in Knowledge Management promote professional
BA0645 - events that advocate resisting technology and relying on
BA0646 - conversation. ref SDS 58 489K
BA0648 - ..
BA0649 - [On 080206 without education, training, and experience Knowledge
BA0650 - Management engineers prefer paradigm of conversation, memory, and
BA0651 - assumption; willfully blind refusing to see demonstrations of
BA0652 - seminal technology that advances established capabilities, refuse
BA0653 - to "study what works," and resist capturing record of experience
BA0654 - that grows understanding of new ideas for Knowledge Management,
BA0655 - because the bliss of ignorance in the dark is more attractive than
BA0656 - fearing the light of knowledge. ref SDS 77 RR88
BA0657 -
BA0659 - ..
BA0660 - Tesla's struggles with AC current illustrates scientific resistance.
BA0661 - ref OF 52 QT8G On 011210 Buckminster Fuller cited 50 years for
BA0662 - transformation to new paradigm. ref SDS 40 R66K
BA0664 - ..
BA0665 - Recent example is the story at SRI reported on 030808. ref SDS 48 S67H
BA0667 - ..
BA0668 - Kuhn wrote "The Structure of Scientific Revolution" in 1962, published
BA0669 - University of Chicago Press, whic addresses the paradigm paradox.
BA0671 - ..
BA0672 - Outline of Kuhn's book is listed...
BA0673 -
BA0674 - http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/Kuhn.html
BA0676 - ..
BA0677 - IX The Nature and Necessity of Scientific Revolutions
BA0678 -
BA0679 - http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/us/kuhn.htm
BA0680 -
BA0681 - ...which seems to be chapter 9 in the book.
BA0683 - ..
BA0684 - Paradigms resist improvment, but the need for improvement is so great
BA0685 - that people continue to address the problem.
BA0687 - ..
BA0688 - This fits Drucker's comment that people have given up on improving
BA0689 - communication by augmenting intelligence, reviewed on 931130,
BA0690 - ref SDS 7 3851, but the need is so great that folks keep going to
BA0691 - seminars and reading essays that don't have a prayer of working,
BA0692 - because communication requires 80% - 90% of the time managing the
BA0693 - work, reported on 890809, ref SDS 2 8812, and on 960919. ref SDS 18
BA0694 - 9834
BA0695 -
BA0696 -
BA0698 - ..
BA0699 - End of Science?
BA0700 -
BA0701 -
BA0702 - Schombert lectures continue...
BA0703 -
BA0704 - There is discussion about the end of science knowledge posing the
BA0705 - prospect there is nothing further to investigate. ref OF 5 LUYT
BA0707 - ..
BA0708 - To the extent that science is the process of inquiry, see POIMS,
BA0709 - ref OF 45 6649, then the end can only occur with extinction of the
BA0710 - human mind.
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