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I've learned to think of understanding as a form of compression. The more recurring patterns there are in a system, the better we can understand them. The fewer
by hliyan 6y ago
I've learned to think of understanding as a form of compression. The more recurring patterns there are in a system, the better we can understand them. The fewer such recurring patterns in a system, the harder it is to understand them. Fortunately for us, a lot of things in nature are recurrent.
- beaconstudios 6y agoAnd if you want to understand why they are recurrent, then you'll find the commonality in the shape of the system's components' causality - how they influence each other, often in loops. These are the subject of control theory, cybernetics (also a systems science), and systems dynamics (if you like maths).