I am engaging in an attempted scientific process in this blog. I know I get things wrong or I haven't explained things fully.
The process of scientific investigation is to keep putting together theories and models, getting parts of it wrong is part of the course, correcting, fixing, until we are left with a pretty good model of a system is how we do things.
I do a lot of modelling, I write computer code to simulate stuff. Often I get things wrong and the computer pours out a bunch of text telling me I got it wrong and I have to figure out how I got it wrong. I then fix it and keep on going.
To me this is an utterly painless process. In the end I get it right.
In the end the systems I create work and if i need to change something its usually a relatively painless process.
I kinda like the process in that it makes me feel like I've really achieved something when I get my systems working. And thats the payload for me. But its kinda cold, i like interacting with humans better.
With this blog I am trying to figure out how our society works. This is much more painful when it doesn't work. People get upset because I am generalizing, which means I am looking at trends of behaviour. Human behaviour, like many other things follows the famous bell-curve.
The process of scientific investigation is to keep putting together theories and models, getting parts of it wrong is part of the course, correcting, fixing, until we are left with a pretty good model of a system is how we do things.
I do a lot of modelling, I write computer code to simulate stuff. Often I get things wrong and the computer pours out a bunch of text telling me I got it wrong and I have to figure out how I got it wrong. I then fix it and keep on going.
To me this is an utterly painless process. In the end I get it right.
In the end the systems I create work and if i need to change something its usually a relatively painless process.
I kinda like the process in that it makes me feel like I've really achieved something when I get my systems working. And thats the payload for me. But its kinda cold, i like interacting with humans better.
With this blog I am trying to figure out how our society works. This is much more painful when it doesn't work. People get upset because I am generalizing, which means I am looking at trends of behaviour. Human behaviour, like many other things follows the famous bell-curve.
Most people fit in the 'same as others' category and they are the ones I am mostly talking about and that's talking about most of the population 68%. The probably more/less than others category is another 28% of the population. That leaves 4% of the population.
This is just an example of the bell-curve, to find out more check here. There will always be more or less outliers, or people who fit into the definitely less/more than others category.
I am engaged in a process. I, no doubt, get things wrong. If you are unhappy about what I have written, then let me know, but hurling insults at me won't necessarily change my mind and prove I am wrong. I will accept I am wrong with good evidence and proof. After all Karl Popper said we can never prove anything is right, only that something is wrong.
I realize I can be quite dispassionate about the process and perhaps you won't like some of the stuff I say because of some personal experience you've had. I am talking about trends, and generalizing. I realize there will be exceptions. Because you've had one bad experience doesn't mean that what I am saying is necessarily wrong.
Furthermore, I am not saying this is the way it must be. Humans are very adaptable. There are many modes of being a human being.
This is just an example of the bell-curve, to find out more check here. There will always be more or less outliers, or people who fit into the definitely less/more than others category.
I am engaged in a process. I, no doubt, get things wrong. If you are unhappy about what I have written, then let me know, but hurling insults at me won't necessarily change my mind and prove I am wrong. I will accept I am wrong with good evidence and proof. After all Karl Popper said we can never prove anything is right, only that something is wrong.
I realize I can be quite dispassionate about the process and perhaps you won't like some of the stuff I say because of some personal experience you've had. I am talking about trends, and generalizing. I realize there will be exceptions. Because you've had one bad experience doesn't mean that what I am saying is necessarily wrong.
Furthermore, I am not saying this is the way it must be. Humans are very adaptable. There are many modes of being a human being.
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