Re: [RFC] [Draft] Adopt Code of Conduct

> On Jan 10, 2016, at 11:03, Paul M. Jones <pmjones88@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Anthony, > >> On Jan 9, 2016, at 21:48, Anthony Ferrara <ircmaxell@gmail.com> wrote: > > [Regarding supported of the COC as presented] > >> We've been trying to discuss logic. > > I think "logic" would apply itself to more measurements of observable reality. For > example: > > - Collect observations and apply some sort of measurement to them. > > - Describe a hypothesis about the conditions leading to the measurable observations. > > - 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. > > - After implementing the course of action, continue to collect observations and apply the prior > measurements to them, including both confirmatory and disconfirmatory observations. > > - 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. -- Paul M. Jones pmjones88@gmail.com http://paul-m-jones.com Modernizing Legacy Applications in PHP https://leanpub.com/mlaphp Solving the N+1 Problem in PHP https://leanpub.com/sn1php