The speculative part of my work is that these particular cognitive tasks - ways of thinking analytically - are tied to nature's laws.

My idea here is that, inasmuch as certain cognitive tasks and principles are tied to nature's laws, these tasks and principles are indifferent to language, culture, gender, or the particular mode of information that is provided.

I do believe that there are some universal cognitive tasks that are deep and profound - indeed, so deep and profound that it is worthwhile to understand them in order to design our displays in accord with those tasks.

I think it is important for software to avoiding imposing a cognitive style on workers and their work.

That is to say, nature's laws are causal; they reveal themselves by comparison and difference, and they operate at every multivariate space/time point.

Rather, the point is to recognize the tightness between seeing and thinking on an intellectual level not just a metaphorical level.