Cartoon Worlds
This morning I talked about models and "cartoon worlds" -- in the sense that a good cartoon can capture someone's essential characteristics without being accurate in all details.
Think about the work that Jessica Muhlin described. Why was building a "cartoon world" of the interaction between the reproductive cycle of seaweed and the effects of the coastal geography an important step?
What is the connection, if any, between this "cartoon world" and the much classier notion of a hypothesis?
-- Bill
Think about the work that Jessica Muhlin described. Why was building a "cartoon world" of the interaction between the reproductive cycle of seaweed and the effects of the coastal geography an important step?
What is the connection, if any, between this "cartoon world" and the much classier notion of a hypothesis?
-- Bill
6 Comments:
Building a "cartoon world" is better than "real life" because in a cartoon you can realistically look at just one thing. In Jessica Muhlin's project it was a good stepping stone to go on to. When you make a "cartoon world" you are making a hypothesis, it is not necessarily correct all the time but it gives a starting point in which to jump off of
By Ian Macomber, At January 12, 2007 9:03 AM
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By Ian Macomber, At January 12, 2007 9:04 AM
I think that building a cartoon world of the reproductive cycle of the seaweed and the effects of the coastal geography was an important effect because it allowed her to look at the effects on a smaller scale and to leave some things that may disturb her view of the seaweed and the effects of the coastal geography but may not necassarily effect the reproductive cycle of the seaweed. I think this may of made making a hypothesis easier because it ehlped you get some information easily that may of been very difficult to get other wise.
By Ashley Chenevert, At January 12, 2007 9:09 AM
Cartoon worlds get to the heart of what you're looking at. It helps you see relationships without "thinking it to death."
The connection between the hypothesis and your cartoon world is that they have some of the same parameters; the hypothesis probably has more. Ideally, the two are illustrating the same relationship you're looking for.
By Natalie Jimenez, At January 12, 2007 3:38 PM
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By Courtney Keen, At January 12, 2007 3:38 PM
Using a cartoon world could help show the basic and most important details for a particular experiment, though it may not show the effects of every single part of the environment. By setting up this cartoon world, there can at least be a better understanding of the same basic ideas as your hypothesis, just not is as uch detail.
By Courtney Keen, At January 12, 2007 3:41 PM
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