with regard to wolves and deer, you could tell the story of the deliberate introduction of myxomatosis to control the rabbit population in Australia… I recently re-read Weiner’s Cybernetics, and found it for the most part to have aged quite well. Cris
On Jun 13, 2020, at 4:02 PM, James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com> wrote:
I should mention that my wife hates my opening sentence; she said "I'm sick of Oedipus!"
But she is a social psychologist, so I think her hatred of Oedipus is really a transference of her deep-seated resentment of Freud. :-)
Jim
On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 5:56 PM James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com> wrote:
Here's a link to the current draft of my June essay. Comments of any sort are welcome (even "You should probably stay in the pure-math lane, Jim" if you think my attempts at relevance only expose my own ignorance), as befits an essay on the theme of negative feedback...
https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fmathenchant.org%2f062-dra...
Jim Propp
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