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Subject: Re: [socialcredit] Tragedy of
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Peter,
I don't understand the relevance of your
comments.
My evocation of belief that species breed true
must certainly be one of the oldest examples of inductive reasoning, as
demonstrated by its presence in a very old myth. It is neither anti-Biblical
(unless you haven't awakened to the mythical character of the Bible), nor is
it a sneer on the practice of inferring rules (especially causative ones) from
the repetition of what seem to be cause-effect series of actions.
Of what relevance, therefore, your comment about
throughbreds?
I did not argue that induction was necessarily a
poor procedure; I asserted that Sherlock Holmes stories are not a good
illustration of induction.
You say that "Science like truth isnt
deterremined by popularity or repetition." Did you think before writing
that, or do you really not understand the meaning of the
words?
Then this utter howler: "Same thing goes
for scripture." If it isn't popularity and repetition that determine
scripture, just what do you imagine is the determinant?
I' do agree with your judgment this far: It
was an unfortunate choice of example because it seems to have induced this
incoherent reply. Why don't you try doing your correspondence
before getting into the beer?
Keith
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Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 2:10
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Subject: Re: [socialcredit] Tragedy of
Human Effort
Howdy Keith,
I though your choice of a pro-psuedo-science
anti-Bible example was rather unfortunate. The whole Bible was a detterrent
to Marxist theories of the 19th century which was also a more complete
understanding of how mankind should live in this world, so
what?
I notice the thoroughbred horse industry hasnt
been put out of stride due to theories that a horse might breed a
catipillar or a fish.
Science like truth isnt deterremined by
popularity or repetition. Same thing goes for
scripture.
I would suggest that the funniest side of man
has been in the way he has handled science and scripture and theories about
them, even funnier than economics. As I said it was unfortunate you
chose it.
Peter H
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Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 3:03
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Subject: Re: [socialcredit] Tragedy
of Human Effort
Since no one else has come forward to correct
John's misconceptions about inductive versus deductive reasoning, I
contradict even though my resources for carrying through are still a bit
feeble.
I agree with John that just how Douglas came
upon his ideas and analysis is not critical in evaluating how well they
work.
But to say that Sherlock Holmes represents
inductive thinking is to get things in reverse. The Holmes stories
are examples of deductive logic. Inductive reasoning is of the kind
that infers from repetitive instances a rule that the instances will
continue to recur, because it is a law of nature. It is the kind of
reasoning that led the authors of Genesis to infer that species breed true
because God designed them that way and therefore needed to save them in
the Ark. This kind of thinking was a deterrent to acceptance of more
complete theories of species and their evolution in the 18th and 19th
centuries.
Keith Wilde
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Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 6:59
PM
Subject: RE: [socialcredit] Tragedy
of Human Effort
Believe it or not, the best example of inductive reasoning comes from
the Sherlock Holmes novels.
Collect date, organise it to make it better understandable, get rid
of the obviously wrong answers, and go and have a good sleep, por play a
violin, or indulge in hectic sport, or... The subconscious mind will
come up with ideas. Treat each destructively to see if it can be
eliminated. The one that can't be is probably the best, until new
data requires it to be modified. It doesn't matter a stuff where
Douglas' analysis comes from or what are its likely causes.
Treated inductively it remains by far the best explanation of events
last century.
And I believe the various different definitions of money invented by
orthodox economists were attempts to get away from it, but surprisingly
each seems to confirm it more.
Refgards. John
R.
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Subject: [socialcredit] Tragedy
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Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 08:04:52
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"It can be tested inductively in that it explains events over
the last century that are inexplicable using the alternative. . .
. Nothing is proved by induction. But the opposite stands
clearly disproved." (Joh n)
That's what I said, I think.
However, I thought it worth taking some trouble to identify (1) What
is the phenomenon to be explained? and (2) What exactly IS the
hypothesis?
Michael
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