The magic of feedback loops
Nature's ultimate balancing act
The body's internal thermostat
Civilizations and collective minds
YOUR GOAL
Master of The secret life of self-correcting systems
007skaty Triadic Civilizations
Truth, order, action / Balancing the loop / Making us endure
007skaty Eight hundred county fairgoers guessed an ox's weight, averaging 1,197 pounds and proving that diverse crowds cancel out
007skaty Vibrant cartoon characters demonstrate how different government branches check and balance each other.
007skaty Adjust the feedback loop to learn how self-correcting systems fix their own mistakes.
Ox weight: In Francis Galton's 1906 experiment, the crowd's average guess of 1,197 pounds was closer to the actual weight than any individual expert's guess.
What political branch has the power to declare laws unconstitutional in the US self-correcting system?
In what year was the United States Constitution drafted, establishing a triadic system of checks and balances?
Who first described the "tragedy of the commons" concept in an 1833 pamphlet about overgrazing?
In which 1776 book did Adam Smith describe the "invisible hand" that self-corrects free markets?
Which philosopher argued in 1934 that scientific theories must be "falsifiable" to be considered valid?
Who observed a crowd guessing the weight of an ox in 1906, discovering the "wisdom of the crowd"?
What is the process where independent scientists evaluate a research paper before it is published?