MoL Discussions

Latest discussions in the Method of Levels Section in Discourse

  • by @BrianFleming Brian Fleming
    A post-mortem of this thread was a good idea. What pops out at me first is emotions (as control system signals). Anger seems to often be a signal which describes the difference between desired control & actual control. As an example, a driver may get angry when they lose control over their vehicle’s speed, or […]
  • by @bnhpct Bruce E. Nevin
    Email is ephemeral. Because it’s ephemeral, participants often treat it in an unserious way. The conversation was not in Discourse because Madhur Mangalam does not have an account in discourse.iapct.org. He would only have a Discourse account if he already had a prior interest in learning and applying PCT. That’s what Warren was inviting him […]
  • by @bnhpct Bruce E. Nevin
    This was an email thread initiated by Warren Mansell. It is preserved here for the record and as an artifact of communication amenable to PCT analysis. Participants: Warren Mansell warren.mansell@curtin.edu.au “Madhur Manglam” mmangalam@unomaha.edu Richard Kennaway richard@kennaway.org.uk, Richard Marken rsmarken@gmail.com, Henry Yin hy43@duke.edu, Vyv Huddy v.huddy@sheffield.ac.uk, [removed after 2025/10/23] Tauseef Gulrez tauseef.gulrez@curtin.edu.au, RupertYoung rupert@perceptualrobots.com, Ty Roachford […]
  • by @bnhpct Bruce E. Nevin
    This category is for discussion of how we engage with researchers and practitioners and invite them to perceive the relevance of PCT to their work, and for a record of our experiences and learning how we may more effectively influence them to learn and apply PCT.
  • by @bnhpct Bruce E. Nevin
    This is a test reply, to see if it goes out as email.