BCNGroup’s Proposal for
developing the Knowledge Science and Technology
In one of the previous posts it is written:
Many natural scientists have long ago given up on
computer science, specifically the software systems that we have to use.
Discussions have lead us to
think about this issue slightly differently, resulting in some editing of the
ULR links from the National Project home page.
The previous statements were
focused on the consequences of having computer programmers and business
practices take effective charge of the application of computer science to
cultural and economic questions.
The reason why computer programmers and business have failed in the
application of computer science to knowledge management is due to narrow
self-centered behaviors and the absence of educational background in specific
subjects related to systems theory and natural complexity.
The absence of sophisticated
educational backgrounds for most computer programmers is an outcome of a deeper
set of problems.
The nature of computation
and the nature of abstraction is an essential aspect to objective knowledge
about knowledge systems. This
aspect has to be addressed in an informed fashion. The leading minds in computer science have and do make
informed discussion about these aspects.
But problems stem from a feedback loop between decades of federal
funding decisions and a few intellectual authorities who continue to hold onto
confusion, and who are content to reinforce poor funding decisions made over a
period of decades.
The natural science
community’s problem is two fold. Our first problem is federal-funding
re-enforcement of the premature exploitation of computer science by computer
programmers and business. The
purpose of the National Project is to overcome this problem.
Our second problem is the
confusion that exists even within the community consisting of the best and most
respected scholars. This confusion
arises out of the difference between structure and function and out of the
natures of systems having emergence.
The confusion CANNOT be properly addressed as long as federal funding
props up easily discredited ignorance.
The second problem, we have
conjectured, has to be addressed most broadly by the scholars. This is why we are calling for a conference. As the scholars address this problem,
it is necessary that a uniform curriculum be developed for K-12, college and
graduate school training in those topics that are necessary to understand what
the scholars may decide.
The development of a new
generation of knowledge creation, propagation and management must accompany the
development of the curriculum. The
reason is that certain schools in philosophy and religious studies continue to
revitalize memetic constructions
that are based on fantasy and mythology, and are consistent with notions that are
engrained in our culture and are related to some type of self-centered
viewpoint.