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the science of steering things, whether they're ships, brains, or thermostats.
means the study of control and communication in systems, biological or mechanical, that use feedback to correct themselves.
from coined by mathematician norbert wiener in 1948 from the greek kybernetes, meaning steersman, the same root that gives us govern.
same rootgovernor and cybernetics share a greek ancestor
wiener's insightanti-aircraft guns and nervous systems both use feedback
not robotsoriginally about control loops, not androids at all
cyberspace debtthe whole cyber- prefix descends from this word