The person performing that task is not "acting like" a control system, they actually are controlling the prescribed variable. The hypothesis is that living organisms are, in fact, constituted in this manner, with many control systems in a particular hierarchical arrangement. That every action they perform is an output action of a control system that is endeavouring to keep some perception at some reference level.
But I've belaboured this enough in this thread. Any more would just be a repetition of the materials I've pointed to.
The person performing that task is not "acting like" a control system, they actually are controlling the prescribed variable. The hypothesis is that living organisms are, in fact, constituted in this manner, with many control systems in a particular hierarchical arrangement. That every action they perform is an output action of a control system that is endeavouring to keep some perception at some reference level.
Indeed. I don't disagree with anything here.
What I'm trying to say is that the ability to control one variable doesn't provide much e...
See this great little rationalist video here.