Thanks, Shaun.
For me the
importance is that we somehow manage to use language that resonates with the
reader’s experience! Meaning is being created by the receivers, not the
originator.
I like David Kernick’s comments a lot!
So, now what?
The power surely
must be in the conversation we are having. Not in externally writing words…
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But can they put this theory into
practice? Alot of this smacks of mystification (or control of
knowledge). Is there any point talking or writing in a way that results
in individuals being mystified. What people need is a practical understanding
of how to put the theory into practice.
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The answer to this debate has been
starring us in the face - "one possible link between deterministic
dynamics and stochastic mechanisms involve the use of an alpha-stable levy
process which contains the Gaussian and Ornstein-Uhlenbeck stochastic models as
a special case. Because alpha-stable levy processes generate fractal
stochastic paths with varying fractal dimensionality, the possibility of
reconciling such stochastic models with non-linear deterministic processes in
the chaotic regime looks promising" - Hmnnn.......
This is from a book called
"Non-linear dynamics - techniques and applications in psychology" by
Richard Heath. I met up with him for a session in a pub when I was last
in London and managed to bluff my way through the afternoon but his book is
largely/totally impenetrable to me.
The point is that there are clever
people out there that know the answers to these sort of questions if you can
understand what they are saying - Chris?
Dr David Kernick
St Thomas Health Centre
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