cyberdad wrote:
Adamantium wrote:
I think a multi-axis spectrum is a better idea because if you go with a single left-right spectrum, people can be misled by strengths or weaknesses in one area--e.g., the person is non-verbal and therefore incapable of thought, or, the person is highly verbal and therefore should have no problem getting and keeping a jobe, etc.,.
A multi-axis spectrum in the form of a sphere is most likely the best model. Also the position you are on the sphere is not fixed, we move through different positions depending on our developmental stage.
For some reason this makes me think of a passage from Jorge Luis Borges:
Quote:
A man sets out to draw the world. As the years go by, he peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships, islands, fishes, rooms, instruments, stars, horses, and individuals. A short time before he dies, he discovers that the patient labyrinth of lines traces the lineaments of his own face.
A sphere probably does make sense, but many people find it hard to visualize such objects, so some kind of two dimensional representation is probably better for quick transmission of data and general comprehension.
22 Mar 2014, 8:29 am
