[arachne] Re: Arachne for Linux...

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On Thu, 19 Jun 2008, Ray Andrews wrote:


On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:20:13 -0400 (EDT), ewalt@xxxxxxxx wrote:

Sam,


That's certainly true of most people. Most people only listen long enough
to categorize whatever they hear and see into the accustomed boxes. It's
for that reason that fundamental advances in knowledge are frequently made
by young people who are still struggling to make sense of the basics in
a field. The "experts" already know what the answer should be and find
it almost impossible to acknowledge anything new.



Truly creative thinking in any field is rare.


Yup, it's an endemic problem. Very forgivable tho, since it is in our
fundamental nature to try to catagorize things -- we couldn't think
at all without that. Nevertheless, it's important to realize that often
the probelm is not that the present won't fit in the box, but rather that the
box is too small hold the present.


I think we need to just throw away all the darn boxes. We don't
really need them anyway. Too constrictive.
Rob
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