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Heinz von Foerster argued that humanity's abilities to construct societies, civilizations and technologies do not result in self-inhibition. Rather, societies' success varies directly with population size. Von Foerster found that this model fits some 25 data points from the birth of Jesus to 1958, with only 7% of the variance left
Heinz von Foerster (né von Förster; November 13, 1911 – October 2, 2002) was an Austrian-American scientist combining physics and philosophy, and widely attributed as the originator of second-order cybernetics.
The McKendrick–von Foerster equation is a linear first-order partial differential equation encountered in several areas of mathematical biology – for example, demography [1] and cell proliferation modeling; it is applied when age structure is an important feature in the mathematical model. [2]
It was founded on 1 January 1958, by then Professor of Electrical Engineering Heinz von Foerster. He was head of BCL until his retirement in 1975. He was head of BCL until his retirement in 1975. The focus of research at BCL was systems theory and specifically the area of self-organizing systems , bionics , and bio-inspired computing ; that is ...
The cybernetician Heinz von Foerster formulated the principle of "order from noise" in 1960. [3] [4] It notes that self-organization is facilitated by random perturbations ("noise") that let the system explore a variety of states in its state space. This increases the chance that the system will arrive into the basin of a "strong" or "deep ...
— Heinz von Foerster, Ethics and Second-Order Cybernetics. What if the unknown is not a flaw to be eradicated but a dynamic potential to be engaged? Artificial intelligence, in its current state ...
Foerster, Heinz von. Observing Systems. Seaside, California: Intersystems Publications, 1981. OCLC 263576422; Foerster, Heinz von, Albert Müller, and Karl H. Müller. The Beginning of Heaven and Earth Has No Name: Seven Days with Second-Order Cybernetics. Translated by Elinor Rooks and Michael Kasenbacher. New York: Fordham University Press, 2014.
Nuclear, disease and AI fears factor into 2025 Doomsday Clock reset. The nuclear threat is especially concerning this year, said Manpreet Sethi, a member of the board and distinguished fellow at ...