It's like they're reading the situation, evaluating their options, then printing their results in the form of actions. But that's the case for a lot of things.

It's like they're reading the situation, evaluating their options, then printing their results in the form of actions. But that's the case for a lot of things. REPL and OODA fall into that category of philosophies that are simple once presented, but we needed someone to recognize as existing. And there is a benefit to recognizing these patterns as they allow us to optimize them. Also, things that get independently discovered in several places are more likely to be correct as they seem to be naturally emergent.