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      CommentAuthorJon Awbrey
    • CommentTimeNov 13th 2009 edited
     

    Inquiry-based knowledge development and inquiry driven systems in general are longstanding interests of mine, and the mofler way of going about it looks like a new twist on some classic themes. Still, most of the questions that I find myself asking at this early juncture are in the nature of Big Picture Meta*Questions, and I haven't found a way to ask them on the main board yet.

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    Huh? Is this a question, or a discussion, or just a random observation about yourself?

    Let's try to keep traffic here on topic, pertinent to mathoverflow.net, and of interest to other participants.
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      CommentAuthorJon Awbrey
    • CommentTimeNov 13th 2009
     

    @Scott : It was just a generic discussion anchor. I have a number of specific questions in mind, when I get more time. I'm sure that others can think of some, too.

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    I think what Scott is saying is that it's distracting to create "generic discussion anchors". There is no need to create a place for your questions or comments to go later; this whole forum is already that place. Just post the actual questions or comments themselves when they arise, and everybody else will do the same.

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      CommentAuthorJon Awbrey
    • CommentTimeNov 13th 2009 edited
     

    The first few questions that come to mind are:

    • What are the Aims of this enterprise? — Call that set A.
    • What is the Base of accessible operations? — Call that set B.
    • How can we determine how well the means B serve the ends A?

    It's possible that most folks here think the first two questions, and maybe even the third, are complete no-brainers, but my experience with many similar projects tells me that failing to maintain persistent critical reflection on these issues is the surest way for a project to fall flat on its way and possibly even become an obstruction to its goals.

    So I think those questions are worth reviewing on a recurring basis.

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