Yes, I think so, although this requires a bit of care. I take rationalism (excessive belief in the efficacy of fixed systems) as a species of eternalism.https://meaningness.com/rationalist-eternalism …
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Replying to @Meaningness
Just thinking out loud, your last line abt rationalism— is that to warn me from overly relying on your writing to apply them beyond what they were first intended?
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Replying to @KimStacks
Well, somewhat the other way around, maybe? One might describe excessively rigid faith in a system first—it seems that’s what you’d like to critique? Then one could describe that as a manifestation of eternalism if it seemed helpful for the reader’s understanding.
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And one might also use the word “rationalism” to mean “excessive faith in a system” if it’s helpful; but some people will misunderstand this as an attack on rationality itself, which would be unhelpful.
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Replying to @Meaningness
What abt excessive faith in “systems” or “mental models “ as a category to solve problems? Would that be rationalism in your book as well?
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Replying to @KimStacks
Yes, pretty much. All these words are somewhat vague. “Rationalism” refers to excessive faith in systems that are considered “rational”; some systems might not be. https://meaningness.com/metablog/bongard-meta-rationality …pic.twitter.com/gJfgMgAnBZ
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Ah... your use of the words "waterfall" from that piece inspired me to search for "software development" in http://meaningness.com The next thing I am going to do is to read those articles that got surfaced Update you again when I'm donepic.twitter.com/hmEf8CqsjX
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Replying to @KimStacks @Meaningness
1st link points to a sep 2019 slides in PDF. In the link you mention you didn't get to talk abt the last 5 slides which incidentally are those I am most interested abt 1. is there a recording of this talk? 2. Do you have anything to add abt the last 5 slides?
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Replying to @KimStacks
No recording I’m afraid. The Trading Zones stuff has a citation for Galison’s work, where I got it. My eggplant book will have a chapter on meta-rationality in software dev, but that’s not written yet.
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Ok I read up the wiki on trading zone and it links to another wiki on interactional expertise its
Both entries mirror my exp in software with non technical users across a long working process. even the non technical users also use a creole to interact with one another2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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