tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650614.post4966902961102009077..comments2024-01-10T18:34:38.739-08:00Comments on Modern Mythology: Immanence of Myth Status Staring Down The Rabbit HoleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04721839742206290258noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650614.post-77764452720089107822010-12-17T15:46:40.061-08:002010-12-17T15:46:40.061-08:00Probably. If not, I will tonight.
On the subject ...Probably. If not, I will tonight.<br /><br />On the subject of the modeling of dynamic systems (and to some extent, the reasons behind the way in which they are modeled): if you have not yet spent a few hours swimming through the Principia Cybernetica site, I strongly recommend it. I haven't touched the place in years, but I recall it being reasonably user-friendly in terms of someone without the math background (me) trying to grok systems theory.John Ohnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11352441770252592928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650614.post-75155884193460168072010-11-16T17:26:03.180-08:002010-11-16T17:26:03.180-08:00I'm not positive it is quite so black and whit...I'm not positive it is quite so black and white, though there is something to that. <br /><br />Have you read the following post: <br /><br />http://www.modernmythology.net/2010/11/myth-of-science-continued.html ?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04721839742206290258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650614.post-51065287504389519622010-11-16T17:06:36.856-08:002010-11-16T17:06:36.856-08:00Idea: myths have psychological resonance and corre...Idea: myths have psychological resonance and correspond to a psychological need (from what I read of Jung), whereas models do not necessarily; a model can be considered to be of no use because of errors in its modeling of the domain in question, because the sole purpose of a model should be to make it easier to predict the behavior of a system, whereas a myth has a component of balancing or manipulating other parts of the psyche that sometimes takes priority over the predictive element. 'Pathological Science' is the label applied to some very good examples of myths mistaken as models.John Ohnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11352441770252592928noreply@blogger.com