This discussion makes me think of a conversation between a playwright
and a molecular biologist at Cambridge, which went roughly like this:
Playwright: So, what do you do?
Scientist: Well, I invent new molecules and then I put them together
with real ones in a virtual environment to see what they do. And
what do you do?
Playwright: I'm a playwright. I make up characters and put them
together in imaginary situations to see what they do.
Scientist: That's what I do!
Best
Alison
>Maybe that's why I like bpNichol's use of the term, concept of research,
>rather than experiment.
>
>And, yes, we do have to be careful of thinking of linear progress, but
>within our own time, perhaps there are various ways, which we, each of us
>in her or his own way, find more useful. That's another intereting concept
>to hold onto...
>
>Doug
>
>Douglas Barbour
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>
>We are stuck with technology when what we really want
>is just stuff that works. How do you recognize
>something that is still technology?
>A good clue is if it comes with a manual.
>
> Douglas Adams
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