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December 6, 2005

 

 The BCNGroup Beadgames

National Project à 

Challenge Problem  à

 Center of Excellence Proposal à

[bead thread on curriculum reform]

 

 

The Taos Institute

(on the possibilities)

 

 

Communication to Paul Werbos from Paul Prueitt

 

 

 

Paul Werbos

 

I know you are busy... but I have a simple question.  It is one that you will enjoy.  :)

 

I am reading, and deeply enjoying, your paper Order From Chaos, a reconsideration of fundamental principles.

 

I invite both Richard Ballard and John Sowa to read this paper, in the context of the discussion we have been having about localization and non-locality.

 

You and I agree that how language works MUST inherit properties available at the atomic (quantum) level and at the chemical level, at the metabolic systems level, etc...

 

I will make some additional remarks into the next bead in the bead game....  but for now the simple question is about Latent Semantic Indexing (using matrix) and Stochastic Latent Semantic Indexing using probability functions.  Both of these classes of methods seem to be missing the non-locality part of the equation?

 

Are you aware of this general theory and the linguistic analysis that is done using LSI?

 

The reason I ask has to do with a parallel I see between the localization theory (and coming implementations as software) that Richard talks about and the discussions on entropy that you have having in this paper.

 

I want to move slowly through some technical steps that connect stochastic theory with the assembly of "localized" 2-aries (I smile at Ballard) into n-aries.  These technical steps move over work done at Applied Technical Systems (www.apptecsys.com) on what they now call referential discovery..... almost my phrase "ontology referential base" or Orb:

 

http://www.bcngroup.org/area2/KSF/Notation/notation.htm

 

the steps also move over the topology over conceptual graphs that John Sowa talks about.. ie how are conceptual graphs compressed into scoped situational ontology.  A related area of work is morphology induction.

 

The key to understanding the parallel has to do with possible "whys" regarding the properties of the Greffet material (SiC).  As you point out, this material is not subject to the same locality limitation as ideal gaseous systems.  As you point out, there is a Boltzman term (a field) that is used to express a non-locality. 

 

Here is why you started a respond to Ballard by reminding him that

 

"I would classify a true PDE model of physics as a "local" model."

 

http://www.ontologystream.com/beads/nationalDebate/273.htm

 

(second sentence)

 

Walter Freeman has more to say about this.

 

 

more .. after some responses...