This idea of stability even under a cir
This idea of stability even under a circular definition is true of so many things we take for granted, like the common meaning of words - these strings of letters only mean what we want them to mean. You'd think it would lead to chaos without a central authority but it doesn't, it's perfectly stable. In fact more stable over time than it would be if centrally specified, because it is adaptive to change.
Another example is the search for truth. We might not be able to nail it down in a written document or prove it mathematically but it will emerge unavoidably in a community as a tight consensus.
Another example is the search for truth. We might not be able to nail it down in a written document or prove it mathematically but it will emerge unavoidably in a community as a tight consensus.
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Tim Hutton - 2014-07-22 11:48:40+0000
There's a word for adaptive stability, I have learned: ultrastability, coined by Ross Ashby: http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ASC/ULTRASTABIL.html
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