MoL Discussions

Latest discussions in the Method of Levels Section in Discourse

  • by @EetuP Eetu Pikkarainen
    Hi Aaron, alessin: What is the controlling organism other than the collection of reference levels which are compared to perceptions which behaviors control? This is why it seems to me that ego is just another, higher-level reference that controls for total system error. Do you mean that there is one “dictator” higher level reference signal […]
  • by @wmansell Warren
    Reorganisation is literally defined as a biologically intrinsic random process. It doesn’t depend on consciousness and it doesn’t change reference values directly. iapct.org – International Association for Perceptual Control Theory – 6 Aug 60 A General Feedback Theory of Human Behavior: Part I and Part II – iapct.org W. T. Powers, R. K. Clarck and […]
  • by @alessin Aaron
    EetuP: “Ego” is simply “I”, the controlling organism itself. EutuP, What is the controlling organism other than the collection of reference levels which are compared to perceptions which behaviors control? This is why it seems to me that ego is just another, higher-level reference that controls for total system error. Thanks for the recommendation of […]
  • by @alessin Aaron
    rsmarken: The idea that there is some highest level reference acting to minimize total error is a theory, which would make more sense to me if I knew what phenomenon that theory was trying to explain Thanks for the replies, Rick. It seems to me that the phenomenon that ego seeks to control is the […]
  • by @Andrew Andrew
    Thank you also for the recommendation to read the MOL book. I’m really loving it so far. It’s very clear. I have no idea what the “ego” is other than what you’ve described. Thank you!