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Heinz Von Foerster quotes: Objectivity is a subject's delusion that observing can be done without him

Objectivity is a subject's delusion that observing can be done without him

Heinz Von Foerster quotes: If you desire to see, learn how to act.

If you desire to see, learn how to act.

Heinz Von Foerster quotes: The environment as we perceive it is our invention,

The environment as we perceive it is our invention,

Heinz Von Foerster quotes: Something that cannot be explained cannot be seen.

Something that cannot be explained cannot be seen.

Heinz Von Foerster quotes: Act always so as to increase the number of choices

Act always so as to increase the number of choices

Heinz Von Foerster quotes: What we need now is the description of the "describer" or, in other words, we need a theory of the observer.

What we need now is the description of the "describer" or, in other words, we need a theory of the observer.

Heinz Von Foerster quotes: Should one name one central concept, a first principle, of cybernetics, it would be circularity.

Should one name one central concept, a first principle, of cybernetics, it would be circularity.

Heinz Von Foerster quotes: I shall act always so as to increase the total number of choices.

I shall act always so as to increase the total number of choices.

Heinz Von Foerster quotes: Cybernetics is NOT the banana.

Cybernetics is NOT the banana.

Heinz Von Foerster quotes: Hard sciences are successful because they deal with the soft problems; soft sciences are struggling because they deal with the hard problems.

Hard sciences are successful because they deal with the soft problems; soft sciences are struggling because they deal with the hard problems.

Heinz Von Foerster quotes: First-order cybernetics is the science of observed systems; Second-order cybernetics is the science of observing systems.

First-order cybernetics is the science of observed systems; Second-order cybernetics is the science of observing systems.

Heinz Von Foerster quotes: Objectivity is the delusion that observations could be made without an observer.

Objectivity is the delusion that observations could be made without an observer.

Heinz Von Foerster quotes: Everything that is said is said by an observer.

Everything that is said is said by an observer.