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Science has been mostly a pursuit of truth, but in some
cases, in addition to scientific rigor, it may be a
romantic
and playful endeavor of two [or more] people engaging
in
information-theoretic love.
Generally, regardless of feelings towards each other, the
resulting paper, when published
in a journal, has to be
of
standardized, rather sterile format.
An idea is a journal, which accepts research papers with
unusual, creative designs and patterns, from people in
information-
theoretic love.
+ Mindey I. - On Information Processing Capabilities
https://plus.google...4/posts/YxRvGpHERR5
Some useful afterthoughts. [Inyuki, Feb 19 2012, last modified May 02 2020]
A Mathematician's Lament - Mathematics is an Art
http://www.maa.org/...LockhartsLament.pdf
[Inyuki, Feb 19 2012]
On Mileva Einstein-Maric
http://itis.volta.a...me/ep4/ep4maric.htm
by an anonymous [Inyuki, Feb 19 2012]
[link]
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Hasn't the division between truth and beauty (or the lack
thereof, the school of thought to which I subscribe) been
the source of scientific and philosophical debate for
centuries? How is 'information-theoretic love' any different
from a research partnership? |
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How can any kind of love thrive in a sterile environment? And what the heck is information-theoretic love?! |
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^__^ I define information-theoretic love as a state,
when
f(X U Y) >> f(Y), where f(x) - the measure of the
degree of
your desire to preserve x, and Y represents "you." |
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If your desire to preserve the union of {your friend
X} and
{you} is much greater than your desire to merely
preserve
{you}, then you're in information-theoretic love
with
{your friend X}. |
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It could well be the definition of love in general, but since
the word "love" is generally used to refer to something
defined as "an intense feeling of deep affection," I made
up this definition to refer to this more-specific concept. |
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The idea of the definition is based on the observation
that the desire to survive in some form is what we all
pursue either consciously or subconsciously, because it
was induced by the passing of time, evolution of life, and
our propensity to counter entropy (i.e., preserve
information). |
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The word "preserve" in the definition is just another way
of saying "let x survive". |
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This I do not get. The idea is to publish research
papers only by people who are in love? |
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[MaxwellBuchanan], I don't get why you don't get it. People
give birth to babies, build monuments, create songs, and do
other crazy stuff to perpetuate certain aspects of their
being. |
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Back to the original question: why publish
research papers only by people who are in love? |
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Why do I want to submit a paper to such a journal? |
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Why do I want to read such a journal in preference
to any other? |
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What, in short, is the point? |
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$ why publish research papers only by people who are in
love?
$ -> There is already a plenitude of journals accepting
papers
from anyone. |
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$ Why do I want to submit a paper to such a journal?
$ -> Because your paper is unusually styled, e.g., has a
colorful background, or intimate patterns, like meadow
and some butterflies, or something else of romantic or
personal nature, like fragments of personal photographs,
unacceptable to traditional journals. |
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$ Why do I want to read such a journal in preference to
any other?
$ -> For instance, to enjoy mathematics as an art in
context of art (see link: A Mathematician's Lament)... Or
maybe you're just bored, and want
some diversification in your mind. |
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The point is to create something beautiful... |
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It's the juxtapositioning I don't get. Still, chacun a
son quirk. |
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thanks for seeing the point. Interestingly, [Alterother]
somehow immediately pointed to this "unjuxtaposability" -
the division between truth and beauty. |
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A good place for Einstein-Maric papers. |
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So the idea is a paper version of internet relationships on discussion boards. |
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[rcarty], except that, unlike in the case of relationships on
discussion boards, we don't include all the discussions in a
paper, - rather, we put the select thoughts that matter. |
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That's probably the drawback in most information-theoretic approaches. Only information that is information to the information is accepted as information. |
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However I like this idea because it addresses major themes that are emerging in the world, especially knowledge production in the post-industrial information age, and how people have basically become the information they are in the process of producing. |
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//people have basically become the information they are in the process of producing// |
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Mmm... nah. But have you read Professor MacLuhan? |
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Yes - I have, and thats all he is to me, and all you are to
me aswell. |
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Isn't it also the view of information-theoretic psychology. |
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