[From Rick Marken (960131.1415)]
Bruce Abbott (960131.1630 EST) --
THE RETROFACTION SYSTEM
Very nice work, Bruce.
Now, have you figured out a way to tell whether organisms in an operent
conditioning experiment are behaving as retrofaction systems or as Killeen
Machines? Or is a Killeen Machine basically the same as a retrofaction system?
_Action: the Retrofaction of Perception_ by William T. Powers
I think it's still "Behavior", so it's B:RP.
Martin Taylor (960131 16:00) --
Why do you believe that if perception is informative it cannot be
"spontefacted", and vice- versa?
Because perceptions don't know what state you want then in; therefore, they
can't be very informative about how you should act to influence them.
Oh, dear. I hope we aren't going to start into another fruitless "information
IN perception" round of postings.
Fear not.
Best
Rick