Hi guys, I think this debate has been going on for a while -- quantitative v. qualitative methods. I have it specifically documented back to the 13th century. However, the humanist in the specific debate I refer to was claiming that in 30 years the debate would be resolved. (By the way, I am bimethodological). Maybe there is room for both types of exploration dependent on the issue? ---- Original message ----
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 16:20:57 -0000 From: "Luiz Carlos Baptista" <lucabaptista@sapo.pt> Subject: Re: [Air-l] Re: first post (An Internet Without Space) To: <air-l@aoir.org>
And I suspect that in order to be relevant, and I do believe in the need to be relevant in scholastic endeavour (even though others dont agree), this field of study will turn more towards real number crunching, rather than worrying about "cyberspace" and "cyber communities".
Hi,
I'm afraid you are 50 years late. For "real number crunching", computers do a much better job than people - no need to worry about that. But for thinking about (and analyzing and discussing) concepts, there is no match for human beings, at least for now.
Rgrds,
Luiz Carlos Baptista lucabaptista@sapo.pt lucabaptista@hotmail.com
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