Hi Rick,
RICK
When applying a 'marketplace' metaphor to the intellectual level one should
not forgot that the competitors are the ideas themselves rather than the
scientists (or philosophers, etc.) who create them. 'Cooperating ideas' is
jargon for 'compatible theories'... and it is always nice when theories
agree with each other (a situation in which one idea holds a necessary key
to revealing the value another may even be worked into some sort of
intellectual version of Nash's equilibrium). But the real action in the
marketplace comes when we have to make choices via the prioritization of
values; when some patterns must be embraced and others discarded. That's
where DQ is really activated.
ROG
So far I strongly agree with everything you have written on the subject (see
also my comments last night to David). Cooperation can also refer to the
self amplifying effects ideas have upon each other -- knowledge leads to
theories, which leads to new questions, the answers to which require new
intruments, building the instruments leads also to new measures, which
creates data that questions other theories, and so on.
I am very, very intrigued by your prioritization ideas. I can't wait.
Rog
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