In the space of psychology (cognition) and systems build of cognitive agents (such as the society), i.e., complex systems, crisp concepts “in the neighbourhood of our fuzzy ones” will tend simplify the reality too much, perhaps sometimes in detrimental or even catastrophic ways (cf. “Value is fragile”), rather than amplify your prediction and reasoning power thanks to formalisation.
I’ve discussed these problems here and the tradeoff in capabilities between formalisation and “intuitive”/”fuzzy”/connectionistic reasoning here. See also this recent Jim Rutt show with David Krakauer where they discuss related themes (philosophy of science and understanding in the AI age).
In the space of psychology (cognition) and systems build of cognitive agents (such as the society), i.e., complex systems, crisp concepts “in the neighbourhood of our fuzzy ones” will tend simplify the reality too much, perhaps sometimes in detrimental or even catastrophic ways (cf. “Value is fragile”), rather than amplify your prediction and reasoning power thanks to formalisation.
I’ve discussed these problems here and the tradeoff in capabilities between formalisation and “intuitive”/”fuzzy”/connectionistic reasoning here. See also this recent Jim Rutt show with David Krakauer where they discuss related themes (philosophy of science and understanding in the AI age).