tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post6397595167302031535..comments2024-03-29T02:19:19.866-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Timothy Taylor — The Need for Generalistsmike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-92069676274055211792018-07-27T17:21:49.088-04:002018-07-27T17:21:49.088-04:00I was hoping the village idiot would nibble the ba...I was hoping the village idiot would nibble the bait. Missed, darn it.Noah Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12012500819097539976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-28339899996989093252018-07-27T13:15:09.010-04:002018-07-27T13:15:09.010-04:00Biology is an art?
Karl Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1...Biology is an art?<br /><br />Karl Ludwig von Bertalanffy (19 September 1901 – 12 June 1972) was an Austrian biologist known as one of the founders of general systems theory (GST). This is an interdisciplinary practice that describes systems with interacting components, applicable to biology, cybernetics and other fields. Bertalanffy proposed that the classical laws of thermodynamics applied to closed systems, but not necessarily to "open systems" such as living things. His mathematical model of an organism's growth over time, published in 1934, is still in use today.[1]<br /><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Bertalanffy" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a><br /><br />There are several important dichotomies in modeling, the first being static v. dynamic, and the second being mechanical v. organic.<br /><br />GST is dynamic and organic.<br /><br />There's a huge difference between building a bridge and managing the wellbeing of a complex adaptive system.<br /><br />Most engineers trained in using the physical science don't know anything about complex adaptive systems and they are not trained to deal with them. It's not in the scope of their expertise.Tom Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08454222098667643650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-55683515411422525762018-07-27T12:21:35.241-04:002018-07-27T12:21:35.241-04:00Generalist = arts degree.Generalist = arts degree.Noah Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12012500819097539976noreply@blogger.com