Saturday 13 March 2010

definition after definition

DEFINITION IS OVERRATED!

i was studying "business research methods", and there're many definitions to remember. and every definition is linked to the next.

you must define theory, before you can define concept, before you can define propositions, before you can define hypothesis, before you can define empirical testing. and it goes on...............

and then i've reached a point whereby i kinda 暴走!
"empirical testing: examining a research hypothesis against reality using data."

i can understand whats "hypothesis" by reading the hypothesis's definition, but what's "reality"? there's no definition in the book. (i know it sounds lame, but you can't just give your own understanding of something as definition. at least i'm not qualified to do so.)

~then i find the following at a corner on the same page.

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. ----Albert Einstein"
the moment i read that, i feel like throwing the textbook at those crows "singing" outside my window.

(can you imagine, while you get ignited by the above statement from Einstein, followed by hearing "the crow sound")

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