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Category: Conjectures

Conjecture 18: Chains of good authority

By Eliane Posted on Friday February 17th, 2017 Posted in Conjectures No Comments

Principle 7: Chains of good authority Als men er oog voor krijgt, ziet men de gezagsketens overal. Wanneer in 2009 DSB (Dirk Scheringa Beheer) Bank valt, blijken veel spaarders op goed gezag te hebben aangenomen dat het wel een betrouwbare …

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Conjecture 15: Facts without a shred of evidence

By Eliane Posted on Monday January 30th, 2017 Posted in Conjectures No Comments

Principle 1: feiten worden aangenomen zonder enige vorm van bewijs Zagen wij eerder al dat wij niet kunnen waarnemen als ons niet verteld is wat er waar te nemen is, àls wij dan eenmaal waarnemen, dan nemen wij feiten aan, …

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Conjecture 14: Facts are not indisputable

By Eliane Posted on Tuesday January 24th, 2017 Posted in Conjectures No Comments

Principle 1: Meaning doesn’t have to consist of facts Apples as vitamin bombs, apples as ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away’ (see Conjecture 13). It remains to be seen if all facts on apples are all that indisputable. …

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Conjecture 13: Facts as ‘definitions’

By Eliane Posted on Friday January 13th, 2017 Posted in Conjectures No Comments

Principle 1: Facts need added meaning From our earliest youth on people tell us facts. The meaning of these fact is added, whether we ask for them or not. Some things are fruit. Some fruits are round, hard and green. …

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Conjecture 12: On belief and disbelief

By Eliane Posted on Thursday January 12th, 2017 Posted in Conjectures No Comments

Doctrine 1: Facts. Loose facts have no meaning Facts struggle to survive and barely ever succeed; facts without meaning don’t stand any chance to survive at all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaeKYfWz01Q Question: what are the loose facts that people usually associate your company …

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Conjecture 11: Fatal irrelevance

By Eliane Posted on Tuesday May 24th, 2016 Posted in Conjectures No Comments

Doctrine: Facts Question: which fact on your company disappeared out of sight, to your dismay, from our collective memory? Back to the Battle of Nieuwpoort. Why thís Battle, that only lasted for a couple of hours? Look at the video …

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Conjecture 10: On facts and meaning

By Eliane Posted on Monday April 4th, 2016 Posted in Conjectures No Comments

Doctrine 6: Reading. The difference between meaning and the significance of the facts. Question: what do others see when your organization is at work and how do they call it? Even the Dutch that did attend the events of the time, …

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Conjecture 9: Frozen facts

By Eliane Posted on Wednesday March 23rd, 2016 Posted in Conjectures 3 Comments

Doctrine 2: Facts.  An unchallenged fact, with less and less meaning eventually loses all significance. Question: 1600 Battle of Nieuwpoort: how many facts do other people know about you? An unchallenged fact, with less and less meaning eventually loses all …

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Conjecture 8: On observation and amplification

By Eliane Posted on Wednesday March 16th, 2016 Posted in Conjectures No Comments

Doctrine 5: Perception. We are not able to see something that we’re not told we’re able to see. Question: Monkey Business, can you observe what you’re not told you can observe? NASA professor Stephen Hawking* expects that when aliens from …

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Conjecture 7: Are facts a fiction?

By Eliane Posted on Tuesday March 8th, 2016 Posted in Conjectures No Comments

Doctrine 2: Facts. After the War, use of facts became the dominant paradigm, meaning was ‘banned’, being perceived as subjective, emotional and irrelevant Question: are you the preferred supplier of the facts on your organization? Many people think they have …

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Conjectures

  • Conjecture 18: Chains of good authority
  • Conjecture 15: Facts without a shred of evidence
  • Conjecture 14: Facts are not indisputable
  • Conjecture 13: Facts as ‘definitions’
  • Conjecture 12: On belief and disbelief
  • Conjecture 11: Fatal irrelevance
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