Comments on: Truth and classification http://usin.me/2007/05/28/truth-and-classification/ Observations on UE, strategy, digital trends and all that Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:30:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Antony Mayfield http://usin.me/2007/05/28/truth-and-classification/#comment-960 Antony Mayfield Mon, 28 May 2007 16:59:30 +0000 http://usin.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/truth-and-classification/#comment-960 Tom - that's an amazing post: all goes to reinforce the sense of real, undeniable, irreversible revolution that the web represents. Going to sit down now - you've got me head spinning. :-) Tom - that’s an amazing post: all goes to reinforce the sense of real, undeniable, irreversible revolution that the web represents. Going to sit down now - you’ve got me head spinning. :-)

]]> By: Twittervlog http://usin.me/2007/05/28/truth-and-classification/#comment-956 Twittervlog Mon, 28 May 2007 14:29:02 +0000 http://usin.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/truth-and-classification/#comment-956 A fantastic post, lightly articulating and expanding on things I have been thinking about in a much woollier kind of way. You ask, "How many of our views could not be reversed without damaging our overall framework?" and go on to give two 'hard' examples. This made me wonder whether the majority of views and 'truths' and received wisdom about the world around us could be reversed without too much trauma - (like the examples you give). Whereas perhaps one cannot as easily reverse the majority of the things one takes as truths about oneself - identity, social categorisation, purpose in life, the importance of work, whether one's actions are 'worthwhile', 'good', or 'intelligent' etc. - all built from a lifetime of very selectively received testimony and assumed as hard fact. A fantastic post, lightly articulating and expanding on things I have been thinking about in a much woollier kind of way.

You ask, “How many of our views could not be reversed without damaging our overall framework?” and go on to give two ‘hard’ examples.

This made me wonder whether the majority of views and ‘truths’ and received wisdom about the world around us could be reversed without too much trauma - (like the examples you give).

Whereas perhaps one cannot as easily reverse the majority of the things one takes as truths about oneself - identity, social categorisation, purpose in life, the importance of work, whether one’s actions are ‘worthwhile’, ‘good’, or ‘intelligent’ etc. - all built from a lifetime of very selectively received testimony and assumed as hard fact.

]]> By: Everything is Miscellaneous » Blog Archive » Truth and categories http://usin.me/2007/05/28/truth-and-classification/#comment-954 Everything is Miscellaneous » Blog Archive » Truth and categories Mon, 28 May 2007 13:12:05 +0000 http://usin.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/truth-and-classification/#comment-954 [...] Tom Hopkins at Usable Interfaces deepens the discussion from categorization to truth. Isn’t truth what’s really at stake, he asks. [...] [...] Tom Hopkins at Usable Interfaces deepens the discussion from categorization to truth. Isn’t truth what’s really at stake, he asks. [...]

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