The 'stick' does not have an absolute beginning or end unlike the word 'stick'
they are a product of the type of measurement…we know this from
there is only a 'stick-in-environment; as there is not a ' hand' but a 'hand of body'
this is a limitation of language... (the excluded middle)
this is a limitation of language... (the excluded middle)
the " beginnings" and "ends" of the stick are fictions
created by the measurement system.
Because the 'stick' is situated in an environment
Unlike the abstract version it cannot exist without it's environment
It is not separate from it in an absolute sense.
Because the 'stick' is situated in an environment
Unlike the abstract version it cannot exist without it's environment
It is not separate from it in an absolute sense.
What are the limits on the application of binary measurement systems?
e.g. logics based on an excluded middle
If we are insistent on applying a binary classification system to a continuum
especially if we feel we are identified with one pole in an either or situation
we appear to have no choice but to assign an absolute negative value to the other pole.
This is likely to lead to conflict…
It is the product of a lack of wisdom of how measuring systems (relatively simple designed abstract systems logics)
relate to the systems to which they are being applied i.e. often to complex living systems
The fact that the things being measured are of the same type, a type both susceptible to measurement makes them an order of magnitude more similar than the 'difference' implied because of the linguistic category applied…?
To move together as a society-in-nature towards sanity we need to understand this...
To move together as a society-in-nature towards sanity we need to understand this...
the effectiveness of binary measurement in relation to simple physical constructed systems is clear
however in the context of complexity such as social disputes it is not enough...
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