Sorry folks, but this is not the definition of science:
On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 4:31 PM, Klaus Krippendorff <
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> i said:
> "*any science explains how things work*. designing means proposing
> something that changes how things work."
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Here is one-- far better -- definition
the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study
of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through
observation and experiment. (Courtesy of Google: "define:science")
THis, by the way, is why mathematics is not a science.
Biology, the science, started out by classifying life forms.
Classification is not explanation.
Science is actually a process by which people come to consensus by making
claims that are verifiable and repeatable. Over decades, consensus is
arrived at. (The current crisis in experimental fields in the bio-sciences,
social sciences and medical sciences is because many results cannot be
repeated: note that this does not invalidate science -- it simply says that
promotion pressures caused people to do bad science.)
My theory of science is that it is layered. Each level of description has a
layer below it, which is both descriptive at its level and explanatory of
thye level above.
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And while I am at it:
On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 4:31 PM, Klaus Krippendorff <
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> i said:
> "any science explains how things work. *designing means proposing
> something that changes how things work."*
>
Designing does not necessarily change how things work. I can design things
to change what you believe, or give you a new framework, or ... . (OK,
maybe that means I change how your brain works.)
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*Design Thinking as a Useful Myth -- A Public Relations Term*
Someone else in the long, fruitless discussion about Design Thinking wrote
that everything happens in the mind. Well, that depends upon your
definition of mind. To me, that is correct, because to me, mental phenomena
are most subconscious. Some disagreed because they said not everything is
conscious. OK, if you want to define mind that way, say that everything
takes place in the brain. Of course, much knowledge comes about through
social interaction, group processes, and the use of artifacts, which is why
designers like some (or all) of the following: creativity sessions with
multiple people, post-it notes, making things, and drawing.
For me, *Design Thinking is a valuable Public Relations term.* I don't care
what it means. The reason I like it is because it helps non-designers
recognize that design is more than physical appearance.
You can read my writings about why I once argued that "Design Thinking is A
Useful Myth." (Just Google the phrase in quotes)
Don
Don Norman
Prof. and Director, DesignLab, UC San Diego
[log in to unmask] designlab.ucsd.edu/ www.jnd.org <http://www.jnd.org/>
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