Michele Pasin / Quotes

Problems with reductionism in the humanities

This reduction of data comes at a price, one that some argue traditionally divided the humanities and social sciences. If humanists care more about the differences than the regularities, more about what makes an object unique rather than what makes it similar, that is the very information they are likely to lose by defining their objects as nodes.

Saved 14 November 2014 / www.scottbot.net ↗

#differences #data #nodes #information

Infological equation

A major achievement of his work is the formulation of the 'infological equation' describing the difference between data and information as follows: I = i(D…

Börje Langefors - Wikipedia #information #information-systems #data #communication

Information vs data

Beynon-Davies uses the concept of a sign to distinguish between data and information; data is a series of symbols, while information occurs when the symbols…

Data - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia #information #data #computer #symbols #concept

Knowledge and information

T.S. Eliot said it best, "Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"and I would add, Where is the…

The Limits Of The Digital Humanities, By Adam Kirsch | New Republic #information #knowledge #data #wisdom

Data quality as fitness for use

Data are of high quality if, "they are fit for their intended uses in operations, decision making and planning." (J. M. Juran). Alternatively, data are deemed…

Data Quality - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia #data #decision-making

Importance vs impact of a paper; usage in selecting personnel

One purpose of this communication is to record my forewarning concerning the possible promiscuous and careless use of quantitative citation data for…

Citation Indexes In Sociological And Historical Research #number #data #work

Learning is the unit of progress

I’ve come to believe that learning is the essential unit of progress for startups. The effort that is not absolutely necessary for learning what customers…

The Lean Startup (Eric Ries) #learning #startups #customers #data