Re: Promoting Rosennean concepts

["John M" <***>]

Thanks, Jeff.
I am within that 'other' (deterred) half.
I also appreciate your thoughts about the utility of a theory.
IMO "Guidelines" - as proposed recently - are only effective if someone
WANTS to apply something complicated, not to raise the interest. I would
look for a better word.

John M
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Pridaux" <***>
To: <***>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: Promoting Rosennean concepts


> Someone once wrote that to reach a general audience, each equation in the
> book cuts the audience in half.  The challenge in promoting Rosen's ideas
> is to explain them in common (everyday) language.  Of course our common
> (everyday) language comes form a reductionist world-view.  Sometimes there
> simply are not the words to explain the concepts....  thats why Rosen went
> to the math.
>
> The other challenge is that since Rosen's ideas will probably not lead to
a
> new predictive theory (like solving differential equations), there needs
to
> be an identifiable "effect".  My hunch is that the "effect" will be in the
> creation of some kind of "self-organizing" system that will turn out to
> do "something" useful for us.  Something like we put the ingredients in
> a "soup", let it sit a while, and it "self-organizes" and starts making
> some "useful" by-product like a hydro-carbon (that we can burn).