20110721
Journal: July 21, 2011
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Idea of "Other"               Language               Epistemology

                                                                    Scientific Process

Step 1. Unattached observation
             Repeatable
             Observed by more than one person
             Published (publically available)
Step 2. Connect Observations to Theory (i.e. Process)
             Mathematics
             Logic
                  Reduction (generalization) to establish possible “classes” of observations
                  Induction to establish “class” of particular observations
                  Deduction: “predicts” particular, though yet unobserved “observations”

Step 3. Test “regions” of observation near the predictions
             Technology dependent (a “whole nother” process)
             Engineering designed  (a “whole nother” process)
Step 4. Repeat step 1; the cycle continues in perpetuity.

EULER diagram, STEM

Adding borders to journal entries and other last-minute edits while visiting journal pages one last time before posting the ssinnock.org site and, I noticed Science, Technology, and Enginering. I decided on 20210113 to dust off my VENN diagram I showed to Heather's fourth grade class, searching not found, turned to Illustrator to remake the diagram adding math as a EULER diagram and labels for the intersections.

Intersection of Science and Engineering provide only hope without technology to provide the tools; the intersection of technology and engineering provides only despair from floundering in the abscence of science; the intersection of science and technology without engineering leads to failure. Only the intersection of all three result in progress of all three categories, whether for War or Medicine.