11-25-2006, 04:33 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-Viren+Nov 25 2006, 02:16 AM-->QUOTE(Viren @ Nov 25 2006, 02:16 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Kartik,
To use your cricketing analogy - I might Ganguly like him based on his cricketing stats while my teenage niece might like him because he looks 'cool' on TV ad. And we could have a third person who blames him for botching up the match since he's been devoting too much time to his advertising/modeling career. While all opinions are valid in it's place, a reference framework is important for any kind of reasoning to make sense.
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Well, what I meant was the same set of facts. In this case the cricketing stats of Ganguly, for the purpose of deciding his position vis-a-vis the India cricket team. Former cricketers, commentators, board administrators, even selectors will reach at different conclusions based on the same data. There can be different view points on whether he should be in team or not, whether he should be the captain or not, should he be permanently kept out of India team or temporarily. In our case, in interpretation of history, needless to say, it should have a sound basis on the facts.
To use your cricketing analogy - I might Ganguly like him based on his cricketing stats while my teenage niece might like him because he looks 'cool' on TV ad. And we could have a third person who blames him for botching up the match since he's been devoting too much time to his advertising/modeling career. While all opinions are valid in it's place, a reference framework is important for any kind of reasoning to make sense.
More as I thread evolves.
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Well, what I meant was the same set of facts. In this case the cricketing stats of Ganguly, for the purpose of deciding his position vis-a-vis the India cricket team. Former cricketers, commentators, board administrators, even selectors will reach at different conclusions based on the same data. There can be different view points on whether he should be in team or not, whether he should be the captain or not, should he be permanently kept out of India team or temporarily. In our case, in interpretation of history, needless to say, it should have a sound basis on the facts.