RM: what we call “behavior” IS controlled perception seen from the point of view of the observer.
BN: Yes. We’ve noticed many times that there are two senses of ‘behavior’, behavior from the control system’s point of view and behavioral actions or outputs as seen from an observer’s point of view. “Behavior (from the organism’s point of view) is the control of perception” is consistent with “behavior (from the observer’s point of view) is the means by which we affect and, hopefully, control our perceptions.”
RM: This is such a fundamental misunderstanding of the scientific basis of PCT that I think it merits its own Topic in Fundamentals of PCT. So if anyone is interested in following this discussion I’m going to continue it in a Topic called “What is Behavior?”
Best, Rick