Past, Present, Future
I can’t remember who said it, but; Feedback is information given in the present about behavior in the past that can be used to modify behavior in the future. Just because feedback can be used to...
View ArticleSuper Secret Recipe
Wanna know what the super secret recipe is for building an impenetrable UCB pyramid? OK, you said no – but that t’aint gonna stop me from loosening my lips and sinking ships. Here we go….. Directly or...
View ArticleChange In Behavior
“Change your thinking, and your behavior will change.” How many times have you heard or seen that sentence? Of course, it’s true, but as ever, the devil’s in the details. In my case, I’ve often fooled...
View ArticleHuman_Being:preserveSelf
As the UML sequence diagram below shows, an “unnamed” Nature object with an infinite lifeline asynchronously creates and, uh, kills Human_Being objects at will. Sorry about that. So, what’s this...
View ArticleNine Plus Levels
In William T. Powers’ classic and ground-breaking book “Behavior: The Control Of Perception“, Mr. Powers derives a theoretical model of the human nervous system as a stacked, nine-level hierarchical...
View ArticleExtrapolation, Abstraction, Modeling
In the beginning of his book, “Behavior: The Control Of Perception“, Bill Powers asserts that there are three ways of formulating a predictive theory of behavior: extrapolation, abstraction, and...
View ArticleNormal, Slave, Almost Dead, Wimp, Unstable
Mr. William T. Powers is the creator (discoverer?) of “Perceptual Control Theory” (PCT). In a nutshell, PCT asserts that “behavior controls perception“. His idea is the exact opposite of the stubborn,...
View ArticleBuilding The Perfect Beast
The figure below illustrates a simplified model of a Starkermann dualism. My behavior can contribute to (amity), or detract from (enmity) your well being and vice versa. Mr. Starkermann spent decades...
View ArticleCommand Vs. Control
One of the acronyms in BD00′s evil glossary is “CCH“. It stands for “Command and Control Hierarchy” because BD00 thought that command and control were fused together like Forrest Gump‘s peas and...
View ArticleFour Reasons
When I don’t do something that I’m “supposed” to do, it comes down to one of two reasons: I don’t know how to do it because of a lack of expertise/experience (ability). I don’t believe it adds any, or...
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