Re: Evaluating competing theories

[TQNELSON@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/8/1999 4:13:56 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
bill@scherkenbach.com writes:

<< I think we are in the infancy of putting all of these perspectives 
together. >>

100% concur! Let us not lose sight, therefor, of how an infant learns (a 
direct parallel to Dr. Deming's approach, TNE, pp.104ff): An infant takes in 
data from the senses (chocolate=taste good=brown), combines it in some 
fashion into information (brown things taste good), and uses this to develop 
knowledge and make a prediction (that "thing" is brown so it will taste 
good). Sometimes that is validated (reference the Chanticleer story, TNE 
p.105) and the child thinks, "Got it! I was right!" And sometimes not (there 
area lot of "not good tasting brown things), and discards the theory, but, 
before doing so, may repeat multiple tests to see if "they weren't really 
right the first time." That's how learning/education happens.

And that's where we are, indeed, in devloping/expanding WED SoPK. Indeed, if 
we were not we would not be practicing "never-ending-improvement!"

Del Nelson
American River College

When "We, the People..." have been replaced
by dollars, profits, and greed,
It is time to start over
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