Hey Glenn,
Great stuff... You've hit on a part of ZMM that has always bothered me as
well. Especially these two:
> 1. The source of hypotheses is not nature and not even man.
2. Hypotheses make themselves known through intuition.
It has always seemed rather obvious to me that the principal source of
hypotheses is analogy. For example, a modern doctor faces the problem of
how to unblock a microscopic artery in a patient with poor circulation....
the doctor may be reminded of how plumbers clear out blocked pipes,using an
ordinary plumber's snake (perhaps this analogy came to him through
intuition, perhaps he witnessed a plumber at work and was inspired) Now the
doctor has the hypotheses that he may be able to clear the artery by
"snaking" something through it... obviously a real plumber's snake won't fit
in an artery, and there are numerous other complications and differences
between an artery and a pipe, so the doctor goes about adapting the
plumber's solution to his own needs through further refinement and research,
etc. etc.
It never has seemed all that mysterious, and I think you're correct in
charging that he has made a great big deal out of nothing....
Rick
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