- From: Danny Ayers <danny.ayers@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 22:40:57 +0100
- To: "Peter F. Patel-Schneider" <pfps@research.bell-labs.com>
- Cc: adrianw@snet.net, semantic-web@w3.org, hans.teijgeler@quicknet.nl
On 3/17/06, Peter F. Patel-Schneider <pfps@research.bell-labs.com> wrote: > Another part of the difficult of writing things down so that computers can > process them is figuring out what parts of the meaning is important and what > parts can be written down in whatever formal language you are using. So, yes, > I agree that most representations of information in computers are missing part > of the meaning of the original situation. I came across a handy quotation for this: "All models are wrong, but some are useful." Attributed to - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_EP_Box -- http://dannyayers.com
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