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This makes sense, because the pigeon knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn
by jameshart 4y ago
This makes sense, because the pigeon knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation.
- glitchc 4y agoWhat happens next?
- itsyaboi 4y agoThe pigeon uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive itself from a position where it is to a position where it isn't and, arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was is now the position that it isn't. In the event that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has acquired a variation; the variation being the difference between where the pigeon is and where it isn't.
- user5678 4y ago
- _yb2s 4y agoThis sounds like a Douglas adams quote
- mgdlbp 4y agohttps://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-missile-knows-where-it-is https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-missile-knows-where-it-is
- quickthrower2 4y agoWhere it isn’t is a big place
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- SlickNixon 4y agoHowever, it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subtracts where it should be from where it wasn't, or vice-versa, and by differentiating this from the algebraic sum of where it shouldn't be, and where it was, it is able to obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error.
- zxcvbn4038 4y agoLike Buckaroo Bonzai said, “no matter where you go, there you are.” Pigeons understand this instinctively which is why they are so adept for these purposes.