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Norbert Wiener — Cybernetics (1948): The Animal and the Machine Are One

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System notes

Feedback loops govern both living organisms and machines.

Living things and machines obey identical control laws.

Control systems share three components regardless of substrate: sensor, comparator, actuator.

Noise and entropy are mathematically kin.

Systems that sense and correct persist; systems that do not, dissolve.

Some stability is passive equilibrium, not active control.

Evidence · 5 sources · swipe →chain · verify chain · provenance
Evidence ledger 8 · tier-ranked · API
system
Feedback loops govern both living organisms and machines.
sources: s1
system
Living things and machines obey identical control laws.
sources: s1
system
Control systems share three components regardless of substrate: sensor, comparator, actuator.
sources: s1
system
Noise and entropy are mathematically kin.
sources: s1
system
Systems that sense and correct persist; systems that do not, dissolve.
sources: s1
3 more ranked claims
system0.70
Some stability is passive equilibrium, not active control.
sources: s2
speculative0.65
Not everything that looks like feedback is feedback.
sources: s3
speculative0.60
Cybernetics overreached into sociology and economics; those extensions remain contested.
sources: s1
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wiener-1948 · posted 2026-07-04 · updated 2026-07-17 · 1 prior revision
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