tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post82363079747966505..comments2024-03-21T19:08:05.737-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: What is Genealogical Research? Part TwoJames Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-84782114845347999012014-05-20T21:24:04.683-07:002014-05-20T21:24:04.683-07:00Interesting, but exceeding narrow minded. Academi...Interesting, but exceeding narrow minded. Academic Globalization of "Genealogy Method" CURRENT USE DEFINITION of: "genealogy method" Method of investigative scholarship to establish all the valid<br />generational relationships connecting any specialty, as used within or between all fields of knowledge. JUSTIFICATION: Genealogy Method procedures that discover and record connections of kinship, descent<br />& marriage, can also be used to establish accurate understanding in all knowledge system properties, using diagrams, symbols and scholarly analysis.<br /><br />Academic usage of "Genealogy Method" in real time, within fields of research, vindicates the truthfulness of conclusions, as shown by historical comparison; "genealogy method", or "genealogical perspective"; is a scientific method of looking to the past, by using a<br />"reverse" process of economic projection methodology. (Historical, computerized data sets extrapolated back in time)<br /><br />{The central theoretical basis of genealogy lies in the process of familial reconstitution. Beginning with a family the investigator uses certain principles and laws (the theory) to posit a possible source of additional relevant information. KEY Through instrumentation (the source) and experimentation (searching it out), the researcher discovers an actual source fitting the criteria posited. By using the theory again the investigator is able to establish the evidence as justifying an extension to the family and pedigree. He [she] --- is obligated to accept findings of scholars in anthropology, economics, geography, psychology, sociology, demographics, and history. Certainly he [she] should be well versed in some of those related disciplines. - There is [also] the search for new data, [with] the establishment of its relevance, the creation of hypotheses, and a proper consideration for previous research and for the findings of related disciplines. [Thus, the conclusion is made, that -- ] Genealogical research has four facets: (1) heuristic; (2) knowledge of area, (3) research analysis, and (4) compilation. Bruce D. Despain: "Bruce D. Despain" - Google™ Search- Works of Wonder}<br /><br />On the other hand: All man made materials are limited by a physical<br />time differential that does not exceed the depth of the periods of time under consideration. The fact that all evaluations are made by physical properties that are subject to the laws of physics, makes each evaluation resource limited by the measuring device itself, which is subject to radioactive decay. Age calculating all instruments and placing them within their sphere as to time, relative to radioactive decay, means that they are each restricted to a measuring capacity, related to their own decay process. No material instrument exists that spans back to the time of the origins of the Universe. Therefore, the beginnings of time cannot be evaluated and any sequence of events proposed cannot be valid by itself, unless it undertakes the comprehension of the immediate whole of the known and unknown Universe. This is a very real impossibility within the framework of the finite, mortal human mind, for it is noted homo sapiens indeed are also subject to death, as well as other related human imperfections.<br />http://academic-genealogy.com/science.htm#Intelligent_Design_and_the_Fallacy_of_Annihilation<br /><br />Thus, I conclude (without being misguided - a pejorative statement) the issues facing scientific research are exactingly similar to those facing the competent generational genealogist, as Information presented relates to internal consistency within documents (tests), irrespective of the defined source designation, as well as cross comparison over generations of time (duplication of research).<br />http://academic-genealogy.com/science.htm#THEOLOGY_and_SCIENCEThomas Milton Tinney Srhttp://academic-genealogy.com/academiceducationlearningresources.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-6446934400421514942014-05-20T08:27:22.474-07:002014-05-20T08:27:22.474-07:00... and it's when you forget which Greek lette...... and it's when you forget which Greek letter is which! <br /><br />And you become an ex-programmer when you say "4 o'clock" and write down "4 p.m." - whereas a programmer will say "4 o'clock" and write down "16:00". <br /><br />Adrian Adrian Brucenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-69411460820726940772014-05-20T00:30:55.581-07:002014-05-20T00:30:55.581-07:00You give up using 'y', 'z', etc., ...You give up using 'y', 'z', etc., as variable names. ;-)Tony Proctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18330460400737261264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-18023924071407401132014-05-19T14:01:54.130-07:002014-05-19T14:01:54.130-07:00an ex-mathematician?an ex-mathematician?James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-16418551372213845442014-05-19T14:01:29.371-07:002014-05-19T14:01:29.371-07:00Oh, I almost forgot. How do you become and ex-math...Oh, I almost forgot. How do you become and ex-mathematician?James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-82420197207323149742014-05-19T13:58:53.668-07:002014-05-19T13:58:53.668-07:00Yes, and wait until you see Part Three. Although, ...Yes, and wait until you see Part Three. Although, I may not get it finished before my extensive trip to Canada and Alaska and no Internet or phone connections. James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-40895158545254745972014-05-19T12:43:26.403-07:002014-05-19T12:43:26.403-07:001. Science is about generalisations - e.g. the beh...1. Science is about generalisations - e.g. the behaviour of all particles when one reverses the polarity of the neutron flux (that is gobbledygook, by the way). Genealogy is about one person at a time - the commonality of their behaviour lies in biology or economics or something else. Not genealogy. So I think we'd agree there... <br /><br />2. The Scientific Method (at least as this ex-mathematician understands it) would consist of taking different possible explanations (hypotheses); ensuring that those hypotheses conform to current observations of reality; using each of the hypotheses to derive new predictions; and testing those new predictions against reality. If the newly discovered reality contradicts a hypothesis' predictions, the hypothesis can be discarded. When only one hypothesis is left standing, that is taken to be the agreed truth. Until it too fails to predict reality.<br /><br />All of which is rather different from genealogical research - as we seem to agree. For example, I certainly created 3 hypotheses about the father of my 3G GF, John C. But there was, in this case, no ability to make a useful prediction from each hypothesis. If his father was William C of Alsager, was there a specific document or fact that I would discover in that case and that case only? Well, no. I hope that I already had all the relevant sources (a "reasonably exhaustive search"). <br /><br />So my research into John's own parents was not really using the Scientific Method - no predictions and no discovery of new data. Or in other words, by perhaps a slightly different set of logic - I agree with you.<br /><br />(And congratulations to those of you who read this far!)<br /><br />Adrian <br /><br />Adrian Brucenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-62346741907016128142014-05-19T07:56:10.838-07:002014-05-19T07:56:10.838-07:00This is a very long post and quite complicated. I ...This is a very long post and quite complicated. I am not really very far along yet. I will keep writing. Though I will probably lose my audience before long. :-)James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-65739473060069499952014-05-19T07:39:44.783-07:002014-05-19T07:39:44.783-07:00Interestingly, you don't mention R&D (rese...Interestingly, you don't mention R&D (research & development) in the context of genealogical research James. It is tempting for this to be written off as 'software research' but the gathering of functional requirements, international considerations, and difficult "edge cases", all contradict this. I only mention this because there are precious few forums where people discuss this type of "research".Tony Proctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18330460400737261264noreply@blogger.com