Control systems. Helped awaken my inner sociopath.https://twitter.com/LizWFab/status/1327757488247156743 …
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Replying to @KeenDisregard
Briefly, then decided it was mostly Wiener’s delusions of grandeur picked up by people who he could easily bullshit, adding very little to the basic engineering subject. Did have a paper in IEEE systems, cybernetics, and man journal though :)
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Replying to @vgr
I dug the abstract
do you really find it remains mostly delusions of grandeur? I wonder how Project Cybersyn turned out in some parallel universe, for example. Suppose I'm not clear on distinctions between the subjects.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @KeenDisregard
Control theory is bread-and-butter engineering routinely used in everything from thermostats to autopilots to missile guidance. Dates to 1930s. Wiener made a few key early contributions in the 1940s and then forked off into a cult of personality pseudoscience ama cybernetics.
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Replying to @vgr
ah, so the taxonomy is wonky. is it right to say that most stuff now called cybernetics would be better called under the control theory heading?
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Umm no. Most control theory people are either not even aware of cybernetics unless they have an interest in history, or view cybernetics the way medical doctors view alt medicine. The modern thing called cybernetics is closer to pop management theory with some math attached.
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