At de Lange wrote:
>While doing research in our university's library on one of the most
>revolutionary periods (1840-1870) in all history of scientic thinking, I
>came deeply under the impression how Robert Mayer, one of the five most
>influential thinkers during that period, was saying virtually the same
>thing! He actually pointed out, while the concepts of science were
>changing, how they were changing!
>> (remaining message snipped)
You gave us an excellent story about the conflicts between the old, the
new, and the overlooked that remain inherent within the progression of
science. It is another reminder to me, and hopefully all of us, to take a
bit of time out of our relentless push for the future and fresh, new ideas
to appreciate what many 1000s of thinkers have already given us!
I would be curious to have others clue us into other thinkers from the
distant past who have already touched upon a lot of the ideas that we
believe unique to organizational learning, knowledge management, etc...,
at least conceptually.
--Duru Ahanotu http://www.stanford.edu/~iqduru
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