It's worth noting that before sci-fi took hold of the term to add its connotations, "cybernetics" has the rather conventional definition of: "the scientific

It's worth noting that before sci-fi took hold of the term to add its connotations, "cybernetics" has the rather conventional definition of: "the scientific study of how people, animals, and machines control and communicate information" http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cybernetics http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cybernetics