Habr, karma and practical cybernetics
Based on the topics ( here and now ), reading the reaction to a change in the karma counting algorithm, a thought suddenly came up: what an interesting experiment it turned out.
The self-organizing system (Habr) was unbalanced (the previous habitual distribution of karma), external influence (by changing the order of calculating karma and general lowering its level). The system responded with a desire to restore the lost equilibrium (habra users began to actively supplement each other in order to get as close as possible to the old, usual values ​​of karma).
Habr behaves as a kind of a single artificial organism - Homeostat
Homeostat is a self-organizing system that simulates the ability of living organisms to maintain certain values ​​(for example, body temperature) within physiologically acceptable limits.
The homeostat has the ability to self-organize , that is, it can to a certain extent be trained and adapted by its behavior patterns to a stable equilibrium with the environment, with some randomness in the internal structure.
Homeostatic systems have the following properties:
• System instability: testing how to adapt better.
• Striving for balance: the entire internal, structural and functional organization of systems contributes to maintaining balance.
• Unpredictability: the net effect of a particular action can often be different from what was expected.
When a change occurs in variables, there are two main types of feedback, or feedback, to which the system responds:
1. Negative feedback, expressed in the reaction in which the system responds so as to change the direction of the change to the opposite. Since the feedback serves to preserve the constancy of the system, it allows you to maintain homeostasis.
o For example, when the concentration of carbon dioxide in the human body increases, a light signal comes to increase their activity and exhale more carbon dioxide.
o Thermoregulation is another example of negative feedback. When the body temperature rises (or decreases), the thermoreceptors in the skin and the hypothalamus register the change, causing a signal from the brain. This signal, in turn, causes the answer - lowering the temperature.
And then read here
The self-organizing system (Habr) was unbalanced (the previous habitual distribution of karma), external influence (by changing the order of calculating karma and general lowering its level). The system responded with a desire to restore the lost equilibrium (habra users began to actively supplement each other in order to get as close as possible to the old, usual values ​​of karma).
Habr behaves as a kind of a single artificial organism - Homeostat
Homeostat is a self-organizing system that simulates the ability of living organisms to maintain certain values ​​(for example, body temperature) within physiologically acceptable limits.
The homeostat has the ability to self-organize , that is, it can to a certain extent be trained and adapted by its behavior patterns to a stable equilibrium with the environment, with some randomness in the internal structure.
Homeostatic systems have the following properties:
• System instability: testing how to adapt better.
• Striving for balance: the entire internal, structural and functional organization of systems contributes to maintaining balance.
• Unpredictability: the net effect of a particular action can often be different from what was expected.
When a change occurs in variables, there are two main types of feedback, or feedback, to which the system responds:
1. Negative feedback, expressed in the reaction in which the system responds so as to change the direction of the change to the opposite. Since the feedback serves to preserve the constancy of the system, it allows you to maintain homeostasis.
o For example, when the concentration of carbon dioxide in the human body increases, a light signal comes to increase their activity and exhale more carbon dioxide.
o Thermoregulation is another example of negative feedback. When the body temperature rises (or decreases), the thermoreceptors in the skin and the hypothalamus register the change, causing a signal from the brain. This signal, in turn, causes the answer - lowering the temperature.
And then read here
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/7388/
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