RE: Knowledge and Variation

["John McConnell" <wysowl@msn.com.au>]

David Kerridge wrote:
As Jonathan Siegel says, variation is not inherently bad,
though it is bad in most cases. Bad education reduces variation
by creating dull conformity. Good education recognises that
people are different, and as it helps each of us to develop our own
potential, it tends to increase diversity. (But even good education
will reduce variation in our answers to a calculation)

dfkerridge@mac.com
In addition to the comments by David and others, we are wise to remember the
difference between variation and variety, something Deming often pointed
out.  A great chef provides his customers a lot of variety, but produces
meals, night after night, that have very little variation.

John McConnell
wysowl@msn.com.au