Something new? I don’t think so
So here I am working on my Federated Social network concept for a presentation in DC next week. And Again I find I am not original…
See the way I do things is I come up with an idea and then I look for stuff to justify what I think “feels right.” Yea sorry it’s just how my backassward brain thinks.
Why do I do it – backwards? I am unknown and lack in reputation. So no one believes what I say unless I can prove it. So I cheat and use others reputation points to prove my concept 
So here I am falling in love with Feynman again. And As I am researching the concepts about my peer review process, I find some other amazing gems…
like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Popper
this equation makes me happier than I can ever explain!
PS_1 -> TT_1 -> EE_1 -> PS_2
“In response to a given problem situation (PS1), a number of competing conjectures, or tentative theories (TT), are systematically subjected to the most rigorous attempts at falsification possible. This process, error elimination (EE), performs a similar function for science that natural selection performs for biological evolution. Theories that better survive the process of refutation are not more true, but rather, more “fit”—in other words, more applicable to the problem situation at hand (PS1)”
an equation for evolution of ideas (and well evolution period)
which then leads me to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarski%27s_Indefinablity_Theorem and Tarski’s “semantic theory of truth”!
yea – my brain is happy and feeling validated…
now to work on my wallet
June 4th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
That equation is exactly why we have the “commercial open source sales funnel” described by Larry Augustin (quoted by Dirk Riehle in his “Commercial Open Source Business Model”, http://snurl.com/jfrbn [dirkriehle_com] ): downloaders “conjecture” a product will be useful, attempt “falsification” by reading the accompanying dox and only “install” if that attempt fails, and so on. As in science, the entry to the process is the widest possible net, scooping in many more ideas or prospects than ever make it to the conclusion.