is a theory of biological communication in which information sent by a cell, organism, etc., must be costly to the sender in order to be reliable to the recipient." quote out of a conversation with stuart kauffman, who "developed the Kauffman models, which are random networks exhibiting a kind of self-organization that he terms 'order for free'".

so propably i should take the advantage and dig into to discover what william ross ashby said

On Learning No man knows what to do against the really new. All wisdom is wisdom after the event. Every system changes its mind by breaking. The educated brain is the wreckage left after the experiences of training.

hah, like it:

A mechanism is "brain-like" so far as it is. effective

but he would have to explain this to me:

Pattern-recognition is a throwing away of information.

kevin b kreitman wrote a dissertation on ecco system, cybernetic principles for effective control in complex organizations submitted in 1992.

... why things don't work the way they are supposed to, despite our apparent best efforts.