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Modelling vs Reality

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Talkat NDC Oslo 2023 · 2023-05-22..05-26· [software-architecture]

speaker

name:Einar W. Høst
website:https://einarwh.no/

resources

video:https://youtu.be/SAWVPCO575k
slides:none on file

summary

Argues that ordinary categories fail under scrutiny and that deliberate modelling trades ambiguity for brittle precision: experimental work (Eleanor rosh) supports prototype membership over strict essential properties, typicality explains why robins count as birds but penguins feel subordinate, population numbers show humans vastly outnumber other apes (26,000 to 1), domesticated Cavendish bananas require cloning (Cavendish banana clones), and technification creates overlapping statutory rules—example: an avalanche of legal cohabitation definitions (legal category explosion) that complicates who actually qualifies for benefits.

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chapters (9)

  1. 0:00Introduction
  2. 14:11Category definition
  3. 20:35Everyday categorization
  4. 30:58Hierarchies in practice
  5. 37:42Edge cases
  6. 43:25Technification in software
  7. 47:58Decisions and time cost
  8. 51:47Modeling as design
  9. 53:35Summary

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