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. 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
I am very, very intrigued by your prioritization ideas. I can't wait.
DMB
Based on the theory that "the competitors are the ideas themselves", it'll
be an awfully long wait. How LONG does it take for ideas to sort themselves
out?I'm waiting... for the punchline. Who forgot what? To paraphrase the
author, static patterns don't change and improve all by themselves. It takes
a living being. Scientists are the ones who ask the question, construct the
experiment, conduct the tests, gathers the data, draws the conclusions and
publishes the results. You wanna leave them out of it? Its true that
intellectual patterns have an existence and a "life" all their own in some
sense, but to pretend scientists are anything less than essential is
preposterous.
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