Posts Tagged ‘wrong’

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Wrong and Right

What does it mean to be right? How do you know?

  • Pauli's "not even wrong" was about a conclusion that was (probably) well reasoned, but it started from rubbish, so was a waste of time. Telling right from wrong? [Correct from incorrect]. By testing of course, but testing needs questions to be well posed, and capable of being answered. Well posed means the situations under test are well understood (and already known), ...
  • I think that quote makes a great point about mediocrity - the area between right and wrong, that gray area of good enough to not be wrong but not good enough to be right. It's often easier to have a mediocre idea approved by others (clients as well as an internal team) than the "right" idea, the one that is ...