the abyss means...

There are those who say that science does not need models - such as the wave and particle models of light - but simply sound theories, rules and formulas that unite observable and measurable variables and predict outcomes. A model is merely a pedagogical tool we can dispense with once we have grasped the principles. Certainly there is more than a hint of this suspicion of metaphor in the criticisms levelled at computer interface design.
Designing Information Technology in the Postmodern Age: From Method to Metaphor by Richard Coyne (p257)

I have just had another 'aha' moment!

Aha!

Grr. [Goes into scary monster pose.]

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I like scary monster pose - it makes me giggle! ;)

Sophy on September 5, 2003 10:29 AM

Does he exhibit any of those "those"s? I'm collecting empiriciste stupidities...

des on September 5, 2003 02:52 PM

No. It slightly irritated me. He gives many references in that section, but they are all to philosophers. There are many 'those''s, but they are never clarified...

joh on September 6, 2003 10:05 AM