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Author: F. Heylighen,
Date : Mar 5, 1996 (modified); Jul 19, 1994 (created)
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The following quotations give a good idea of how Principia Cybernetica Web is perceived by others. I have separated "personal" comments (made in various places linking to PCP Web because they find the subject interesting) from "professional reviews" by various web surveying service, which are not a priori interested in the subject, but try to evaluate PCP web for the "general reader" who is unlikely to know anything about cybernetics.
"Principia Cybernetica Project. Philosophy on the Net. As only could be done on the Net. This is complex but amazing." (Cool links)"an excellent resource for cybernetics, systems theory, and other disciplines often mentioned in Neuro-Linguistic Programming circles" (Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Design Human Engineering )
"The most impressive Cybernetics resource I've ever seen." (Intelligent Systems )
"An extraordinarily interesting site about evolution, cybernetics and philosophy." (Evolution Resources on the Internet)
"... for easy to understand definitions of cybernetics and virtual reality" (Virtual Reality Research)
"an excellent resource for systems science. " (Jon Wallis' Home Page)
"The stated goal of the Principia Cybernetica Project is to link all of Mankind's knowledge... have to give them credit for ambition." (Recommended Internet Resources)
"An intriguing place" (http://www.honors.indiana.edu/docs/interest.html)
"congratulations on a job well-done, both in initiating Principia Cybernetica in the first place, and also in implementing the Principia Cybernetica Web, which is a rare and rich site on the Net." (Arkuat's comments on PCP )
"...and finally, the ultimate...
Principia Cybernetica" (Onar Aam's Related Servers page)
"An extremely sensible philosophy. The next step in human evolution!" (Expanding Your Consciousness )
" For some theoretical background try [...] the Principia Cybernetica Web which will stretch your mind a little" (Media lab). "an excellent site" (Wiener: ideas)
" This is a remarkable site: Systems Science, Feedback Loops, etc. It's a very busy site, so be patient and keep trying." (Quality related Information Sources)
"Un extraordinario proyecto que prentende lograr las respuestas a las preguntas fundamentales del ser humano a traves de la inteligencia artificial."(Teor*ias Generales de Avanzada)
"By now the alarm was permanently set at 4:30 am but Timothy Alan Hall never heard it. He had rewired the little clock radio to activate an ancient reel-to-reel recorder on the other side of the trailer, hooked up an equally old set of theatre speakers and had it rigged to play his tape recording of a vintage 8086 computer booting up off dual floppies, grinding into first gear with a seriously irritating reminder of days long gone.[...] Tim was perfectly aware of the existence of memetic evolution, an obvious competition going on between genes and memes and his favorite web site was Principia Cybernetica which he studied when time permitted. The various philosophical subjects and New Agey topics failed to hold his interest for long but the truth was that memes did exist, were powerfully motivated and his own life had been changing positively because of them. The truth was inescapable."(TRAP CITY: A Serial Story)
"What can artificial systems tell us about the meaning of life? What are we doing here anyway? These are some of the questions tackled on the PCP's Web server at the Free University of Brussels." (Global Network Navigator)
"The cool, the innovative, the excellent - they're all here in our gallery of Internet resources that exemplify the pioneering spirit of the Internet. These are the pages we like this week: December 30, 1994 to January 5, 1995. Academia: Cybernetics and Systems Theory" (Netscape's "What's Cool" list)
"A 3 star site. Rating Summary:
Net Appeal: 8 [out of 10], Depth of Coverage: 8, Ease of Exploration: 8
Audience: Philosophers, Evolutionists, System Theorists
Description: The Principia Cybernetica Web is the home of a project that promotes the computer-supported collaborative development of an evolutionary-systemic philosophy. This project tackles philosophical questions with the help of cybernetic theories and technologies. Visitors to the site will find an overview of the plan and details of its metasystem transition theory, among others." (Magellan's review of the PCP site)"Content: 41/50, Presentation: 34/50, Experience: 35/50
The Principia Cybernetica Project is an in-depth look at the whole of philosophical thought, and it's not for armchair thinkers. Using a system of "nodes," it attempts to fill in the whole of human philosophical thought, from ethics to physics to evolutionary theory. In its complete form, the authors maintain it will give you the answer to basic questions like "Who am I? Why am I here?" It's quite involving, though occasionally we'd be happy with the answer to "What the heck does this mean?" on some of these pages. " (Point's review of the PCP site)
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