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Did you really mean to reference the sort of negative feedback used productively in engineering to maintain balance in control systems, op amps, etc? That conc

• JohnJamesRambo 7y ago
  >Negative feedback occurs when some function of the output of a system, process, or mechanism is fed back in a manner that tends to reduce the fluctuations in the output, whether caused by changes in the input or by other disturbances. I’m referencing people dumping coal stocks so coal is less attractive which means less coal is produced/profitable/used which leads to people dumping more coal stocks.
  • variaga 7y ago
    What you describe is properly called "positive feedback" in the engineering sense. positive feedback -> doing a thing now results in doing more of that same thing in the future negative feedback -> doing a thing now results in doing less of that same thing in the future If dumping coal stocks now results in more dumping of coal stocks in the future, that would be the 'positive' kind of feedback.
    • perl4ever 7y ago
      Which one it is depends on context. e.g. A negative feedback loop could be More coal -> more CO2 -> pushback on coal companies -> less coal -> less CO2.
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