[Sigia-l] what are best practices (was OT: Library Thing)

[Eric Scheid]

On 4/10/05 5:15 PM, "Listera" <listera at rcn.com> wrote:

>> I think this thread got off track because - judging by Ziya's
>> examples - there is confusion between "best practice" and
>> "innovation". 
> 
> I don't think there's confusion. The former prevents the latter. :-)

On the other hand, in science, the latter requires the former -- science
builds upon science -- and the latter then becomes another instance of the
former. No scientist starts from scratch, they'd never get anything done.

> An innovation that doesn't solve a problem is an oxymoron.

    in·no·va·tion n
    1.    the act or process of inventing or introducing something new
    2.    something newly invented or a new way of doing things

Nothing there about "solving a problem".

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