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22 August 2020

On Mechanisms I: On Pendulum

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"Science gains from it [the pendulum] more than one can expect. With its huge dimensions, the apparatus presents qualities that one wou...
18 August 2020

On Prediction V (Chaos)

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"Chaos is but unperceived order; it is a word indicating the limitations of the human mind and the paucity of observational facts. The ...

On Prediction IV (Theories)

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"In scientific thought we adopt the simplest theory which will explain all the facts under consideration and enable us to predict facts...

On Prediction VIII (Systems II)

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"Computation offers a new means of describing and investigating scientific and mathematical systems. Simulation by computer may be the ...

Walter A Shewhart - Collected Quotes

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"Every sentence in order to have definite scientific meaning must be practically or at least theoretically verifiable as either true or...
16 August 2020

On Prediction XII (Behavior)

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"Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predicta...

On Prediction II

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"It is never possible to predict a physical occurrence with unlimited precision." (Max Planck, "A Scientific Autobiography...

On Prediction X (Mathematics)

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 "The value of mathematical instruction as a preparation for those more difficult investigations, consists in the applicability not of ...
15 August 2020

On Prediction XI (Mental Models)

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"Some may object that this reduces thought to a mere ‘copy’ of reality and that we ought not to want such an internal ‘copy’; are not e...

On Prediction VII (Nature)

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"But the most powerful proof of the reality of phenomena (a proof which is, indeed, sufficient by itself) is success in predicting futu...