> I posted only because you used the entire term "positive feedback loop", which is so specific that it loses flexibility -- it can only refer to one thing and

> I posted only because you used the entire term "positive feedback loop", which is so specific that it loses flexibility -- it can only refer to one thing and conflates the engineering and social sciences meanings. There's life to positive feedback loops outside engineering without any conflation. If it's more defined in one field, it doesn't mean it has no value in plenty of others. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_feedback_loop http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_feedback_loop