March 16, 1992
Sorry (again) for the delay -- my life continues to become more
complicated. Also, I have not yet caught on to all the operating
aspects of working with the NET, and my CSG Files are not yet under
control.
You "couldn't find the posts to which I was responding." There were
five relating to Social Control. One from me, 2) your response Feb
10, 3) a comment from Powers, Feb 11 in which he mentions
"blindfolding," 4) one from you "points of view" Feb 12, commenting
on Powers "blindfolding," 5) the recent one from me of March 10. I
expect that you have all of these except the one I added in my March
10 post: 'STATS VS CRUISE CONTROL, posted Jan 31. This is from a
series I call "THRMSTTn."I don't have other identifying info -- I
didn't realize more specific identifiers are available. I will post
this Jan 31 item again shortly.
In response to your post of March 10 (is: "Tue 920110 14:18:16" the
identifier?), you respond to my questions with your own: "How can one
person model his behavior on that of others?" You continue: "If we
understand that in a clear and precise way, I believe we thereby have
clear and precise answers to your questions." I agree with you
strongly. That is why I asked my questions. I think these matters
need study and that answers can be developed. However I think it is
necessary to review the basics of Hierarchical Control System Theory
and make a few changes.
I hope my remarks about idealized "Black Boxes" (the ECS you
explained to me -- thanks) can eventually lead to such refinements.
Since I have been out of touch for over 25 years, much has been done
that I've not seen. I have Bill's important book, Robertson's book
and the collection of Bill's papers. Reading between the lines of
some of the papers on the CSGNET, I get the impression that certain
key concepts need examination.
I expect to develop these ideas in the sequence I am calling
"BLCKBOXn," posting the next entry soon.
Regards, Bob Clark
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From: Bob Clark