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Sounds like a mason working on a sculpture. You need to identify and cut off all the superfluous parts. Abstraction is generalization of special cases. If you
by ndh2 8y ago
Sounds like a mason working on a sculpture. You need to identify and cut off all the superfluous parts.
Abstraction is generalization of special cases. If you only consider one case, you can't generalize from it. Only when you get two, can you work out the differences and the similarities. It's like forming the intersection of two sets: You remove all the elements that are not part of both.
I wonder how accurate this process is. If you're not careful, you might confuse experience with being narrow-minded. Thinking outside the box requires you to consider exactly what you know you don't know.
- ItsMe000001 8y ago> If you're not careful, you might confuse experience with being narrow-minded. That's why we say the old generation has to die for new ideas to gain power. You are more open to new idea when you feel unsure and still have to build your internal model. Once it's somewhat settled the brain is reluctant to significant further change unless presented with overwhelming evidence - but it has also built up strong filters so that recognizing the evidence also is harder. See progress in science in general or medicine in particular.