Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Martin, With all do respect, what I said was that you can't judge something unless you really use it. You can have an opinion on it but unless you have used something, that fact that you know it is not for you is based on pre-judgement. While all humans are capable of prejudice, I prefer inductivism in commenting on something since I have actually used and really know its capabilities first hand as opposed to second or third hand. Peter K Martin Howard wrote: > > > > At 12:20 AM 3/30/99 +0200, you wrote: > > >All humans are naive inductivists. Some just don't acknowledge it. > > > > And what is this supposed to mean? > > > > Eric, my comment was to Peter K, who seemed to be arguing that unless > you have experiences something, you cannot common upon it. Which, of > course, is nonsense. We do this all the time and you provided excellent > examples of how we all act in everyday life. > > A naive inductivist is someone who extrapolates from the experiences > they've had to encompass the whole world. All humans do this: it's how > we deal with the complexity of life. > > My point about some not acknowledging this meant that many people > believe that they are free of bias, prejudice or predisposition, which, > again, is nonsense. We act in accordance with our biases and prejudices > all the time. > > Obviously there needs to be some balance: IMO, we should strive to > enrich our experiences and try to be aware of our biases and > preferences. But to not acknowledge them is ludicrous and hazardous. > And to suggest that someone cannot have an opinion about item X based > upon experiences of similar items Y and Z is just plain wrong. We all > do this, all the time. Now, those opinions may not be the most > informed, correct or nuanced, and may need to be moderated, enlightened, > or modified at times, but for much of everyday life, it's how we work. > > > M. > > -- > Martin Howard, Grad. Schl. for Human-Machine Interaction, | > HMI/IKP, Linkoping University, SE-581 83 Linkoping, Sweden.| Just > Tel: +46 13 28 5741; Fax: +46 28 2579; ICQ: 354739 | say "DOOH" > E-mail: marho@ikp.liu.se; www.iav.ikp.liu.se/staff/marho/ +------------ >