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To: Anthony Ferrara <ircmaxell@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] [Draft] Adopt Code of Conduct
From: pmjones88@gmail.com ("Paul M. Jones")


> On Jan 10, 2016, at 11:03, Paul M. Jones <pmjones88@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Anthony,
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>> On Jan 9, 2016, at 21:48, Anthony Ferrara <ircmaxell@gmail.com> =
wrote:
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> [Regarding supported of the COC as presented]
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>> We've been trying to discuss logic.
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> I think "logic" would apply itself to more measurements of observable =
reality. For example:
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> - Collect observations and apply some sort of measurement to them.
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> - Describe a hypothesis about the conditions leading to the measurable =
observations.
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> - Describe (in relation to the hypothesis) a course of action by which =
the measurable outcomes could be changed, both positively and =
negatively, to either prove or disprove the hypothesis.
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> - After implementing the course of action, continue to collect =
observations and apply the prior measurements to them, including both =
confirmatory and disconfirmatory observations.
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> - Determine if the course of action succeeded or failed in changing =
the measureable observations, thus either confirming or disconfirming =
the hypothesis.

Oh, I forgot: logic would then have to determine if the course of action =
was preferable to "doing nothing" (i.e., the "null hypothesis") given =
the entirety of outcomes from the course of action.


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