well, one of the problems with rigor is that it often causes us to create fictions and surrealities where actually phenomena will suffice. rigor is a covering word for methodological ideologies. There is nothing particularly wrong with that, so long as we know that whatever empirical datum we construct is recognized as constructed. similarly with the call for simplicity, simplicity is appropriate when the actual world is simple, but simplicity isn't necessarily the case and again in my experience, people simplify things, they cut out the complexity of variables in a fashion that while complete justified statistically or in other systems... might not be justified when you really work through the reality instead of its representations. On Aug 9, 2006, at 8:50 PM, Ellis Godard wrote: Jeremy Hunsinger School of Library and Information Science Pratt Institute () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Association of Internet Researchers http://www.stswiki.org/ stswiki http://cfp.learning-inquiry.info/ LI-the journal http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series