Every stable system has the property that if displaced from a state of equilibrium and released, the subsequent movement is so matched to the initial displacement that the system is brought back to the state of equilibrium. A variety of disturbances will therefore evoke a variety of matched reactions.


p.54 - Design for a Brain: The Origin of Adaptive Behavior (1952)

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Every stable system has the property that if displaced from a state of equilibrium and released, the subsequent movement is so matched to the initial ...

Every stable system has the property that if displaced from a state of equilibrium and released, the subsequent movement is so matched to the initial ...

Every stable system has the property that if displaced from a state of equilibrium and released, the subsequent movement is so matched to the initial ...

Every stable system has the property that if displaced from a state of equilibrium and released, the subsequent movement is so matched to the initial ...