19 APR 2013 by ideonexus
The Projected Growth of the Sciences
It has never yet been supposed, that all the facts of nature, and all the means of acquiring precision in the computation and analysis of those facts, and all the connections of objects with each other, and all the possible combinations of ideas, can be exhausted by the human mind. The mere relations of magnitude, the combinations, quantity and extent of this idea alone, form already a system too immense for the mind of man ever to grasp the whole of it; a portion, more vast than that which h... 1 
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notesCondorcet sees our knowledge growing exponentially into the deepest minutia.
06 AUG 2012 by ideonexus
Our Improvement Through Education is Limitless
It has never yet been supposed, that all the facts of nature, and all the means of acquiring precision in the computation and analysis of those facts, and all the connections of objects with each other, and all the possible combinations of ideas, can be exhausted by the human mind. The mere relations of magnitude, the combinations, quantity and extent of this idea alone, form already a system too immense for the mind of man ever to grasp the whole of it; a portion, more vast than that which h...
1 A vision of the future. Although we may never change physically or in our mental capacity, our innovations and amassing of knowledge will provide us with limitless potential for intellectual growth.
31 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
Science Demands Reliable Instruments
Men can construct a science with very few instruments, or with very plain instruments; but no one on earth could construct a science with unreliable instruments. A man might work out the whole of mathematics with a handful of pebbles, but not with a handful of clay which was always falling apart into new fragments, and falling together into new combinations. A man might measure heaven and earth with a reed, but not with a growing reed. Folksonomies: measurement
Folksonomies: measurement
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notesOne can measure with a stick, but not with a growing reed.
04 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
Innovation Means Recombination
...the process of innovation often relies heavily on the combining and recombining of previous innovations, the broader and deeper the pool of accessible ideas and individuals, the more opportunities there are for innovation.
We are in no danger of running out of new combinations to try. Even if technology froze today, we have more possible ways of configuring the different applications, machines, tasks, and distribution channels to create new processes and products than we could ever exhaus...Folksonomies: innovation combinations
Folksonomies: innovation combinations
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notesTake innovations and recombine them to produce new innovations. We have so many innovations today that the potential in immense.
19 JUN 2011 by ideonexus
Juxtaposition is the Spice of Life
Let me suggest a new axiom: juxtaposition is the spice of life.
Humanity’s biggest talent, unique to us, is juxtaposing, finding and
operating novel relationships between things or ideas... Recent ideas on neural activity suggest that the brain operates
in a very associative way, with small neuron clusters containing
core concepts, rather in the way a battery holds a trickle charge.
These core concepts would be irreducibly small fragments of sounds
or sights, or any phenomena that you exper... 1 notes
notesThe brain can be wired more ways then there are atoms in the Universe, and new combinations create new ideas and innovations.
