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C_West_Churchman
Eyes of Another
"A systems approach begins when first you see the world through the eyes of another."
- Source: C. West Churchman in the book The Systems Approach (1968), p. 231;
- cited in Michael C. Jackson (2003) Systems Thinking: Creative Holism for Managers. p. 139
- Keywords: System_quotes Sight_quotes Perception_quotes Perspective_quotes World_quotes Eye_quotes Approach_quotes Another_quotes
Gordon_Glegg
User Specifications
“If you are concerned in making the production of some article quicker, better or cheaper, you will naturally study how it is being done at the moment. It may seem paradoxical but the man least likely to help you is the operator in charge of the machine. The more 'down-to-earth' and 'practical' he considers himself the more 'unpractical' and 'up-in-the-air' he is likely to be from your point of view. He is too near the machine to know why it works. He only knows how it works.”
- Source: Glegg, G. L. (1969). The Design of Design. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-0-511-79996-9. Chapter 1, page 12.
- Keywords: Concern_quotes Production_quotes Quick_quotes Fast_quotes Better_quotes Cheap_quotes Study_quotes Paradox_quotes Status_Quo_quotes Operator_quotes Machine_quotes Practical_quotes Perspective_quotes Point_of_View_quotes Knowledge_quotes Unpractical_quotes DownToEarth_quotes UpInTheAir_quotes
Douglas_Hofstadter
Stepping Back
“What AI sorely lacks is programs which can step back and take a look at what is going on, and with this perspective, reorient themselves to the task at hand.”
- Source: Hofstadter, Douglas R. (1979). Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid. Written by Douglas R. Hofstadter. Basic Books, New York, NY. ISBN 13: 978-046502656-2. ISBN 10: 046502656-7. Chapter 18. Page 613.
Alister_McGrath
Why is the Kettle Boiling?
“The distinguished geologist Frank Rhodes made this point back in 1965, using the analogy of a boiling kettle. So why is the kettle boiling? Rhodes notes that two types of explanation might be given. At the scientific level, energy is being supplied, which raises the temperature of the water to its boiling point. Yet another answer can be given. 'The kettle is boiling because I put it on to make a cup of tea.' Rhodes makes a point which some of you may find predictable, but is none the less important. Here is what he says: 'Now these are different answers. But both are true, both are complementary and not competitive. One answer is appropriate within a particular frame of reference, the other within another frame of reference. There is a sense in which each is incomplete without the other.”
- Source: McGrath, A. (2014, October 20). Conflict or Mutual Enrichment? Why Science and Theology Need to Talk to Each Other. ABC Australia. Oxford, UK. Retrieved from http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2014/10/21/4111675.htm
- Note: Frank Rhodes gave credit for the kettle analogy to Dr. Douglas Spanner.
- Douglas C. Spanner is Professor Emeritus of Plant Biophysics at London University.
- Kettle analogy originally in the book “Creation & Evolution” by Douglas C. Spanner, published by Douglas C. Spanner in 2004, Introduction. Online at https://creationandevolution.co.uk/Creation & Evolution - Prof.D.C.Spanner.pdf retrieved 2024-06-19.
- https://www.creationandevolution.co.uk/dcs.htm (Retrieved 2024-06-19).
- See Also:
- Keywords: Geology_quotes Analogy_quotes Boil_quotes Kettle_quotes Explanation_quotes Science_quotes Energy_quotes Level_quotes Temperature_quotes Water_quotes Answer_quotes Cup_quotes Tea_quotes Prediction_quotes Importance_quotes Differences_quotes True_quotes Complement_quotes Competition_quotes Appropriate_quotes Frame_quotes Reference_quotes Incomplete_quotes Perspective_quotes Bias_quotes Requirements_quotes Rhodes(topic)_quotes
Alan_Perlis
Balance Efficiency and Generality
“Our progress, then, is measured by the balance we achieve between efficiency and generality. As the nature of our involvement with computation changes — and it does — the appropriate description of language changes; our emphasis shifts. I feel that our successor model will show such a change. Computer science is a restless infant and its progress depends as much on shifts in point of view as on the orderly development of our current concepts.”
- Source: Perlis, A. J. (1966). The Synthesis of Algorithmic Systems. In ACM Turing award lectures Year Awarded 1966. http://doi.org/10.1145/1283920.1283921
- Keywords: Progress_quotes Measurement_quotes Balance_quotes Achievement_quotes Efficiency_quotes Generality_quotes Nature_quotes Involve_quotes Computation_quotes Change_quotes Appropriate_quotes Description_quotes Language_quotes Emphasis_quotes Shift_quotes Feel_quotes Successor_quotes Model_quotes Show_quotes Computer_Science_quotes Restless_quotes Infant_quotes Dependence_quotes Point_of_View_quotes Perspective_quotes Order_quotes Development_quotes Current_quotes Conceptual_quotes Science_quotes
