"Tinkering is a minor risk-taking activity without any great consequence: it is not goal-directed nor are there defined outcomes. There are no key performance indicators for tinkering. Thus, tinkering is suspended from the pressures of defined goals and time limits. It’s about a question mark, not a product or a saleable process.. Tinkering and play are closely interlinked: a certain sense of wonder propels the curiosity at the heart of every compulsive tinkerer. Tinkering also allows failure which is essential for any process of evolution." Mark Thomson - Institute of backyard studies
My personal experience that the task of simulating vision and speech can reveal hidden things about human function inspired the notion that the computer can function as a sort of philosophical prosthesis. David Rokeby, 2003 The Computer as a Prosthetic Organ of Philosophy For the…
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