systems theory

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Mathematical psychologist Anatol Rapoport, a founder of general systems theory, once used an amusing baseball anecdote to illustrate knowledge certainty.

From Washington Times

“I specialize in cognitive behavioral therapy, in mindfulness, in family systems theory. Walking in the park is just where I practice.”

From Washington Post

I really started exploring this in 2014, when I co-authored a paper with Woody Sullivan of the University of Washington that proposed using dynamical systems theory to model some of these planetary transitions.

From Scientific American

We were learning about systems theory and the interdependency of ecosystems, how trees communicate and send messages and medicines to other parts of the forest, and draw up water to share with other plants.

From The Guardian

“The results are pretty consistent with what you’d expect from complex systems theory.”

From Science Magazine