smugfunt writes:
Systems scientist George Mobus has announced on his blog that "there is a fundamental language of systems that provides a way to describe both structures and functions ... that is universal across any kind of system"
I am nearing completion of the basic specification of the language and will be presenting my results at the next ISSS conference in Boulder CO this July.
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The language has a basic lexicon, syntax, and semantics (as well as pragmatics provided by the principles of systems) ... This language, which I formally call SL, but privately call "systemese", is like the machine language of the universe. Any system you choose to analyze and model can be described in this language! ... The beauty of the approach is that the end product of analysis is a compilable program that is the model of the system.
The language does not just cover dynamics (e.g. system dynamics), or agents (agent-based), or evolutionary (e.g., genetic algorithms) models. It incorporates all of the above plus real adaptivity and learning (e.g. biological-like), and real evolvability (as when species or corporations evolve in complex non-stationary environments).
...systemese and mentalese (the language of thought), a concept advanced by philosopher of mind Jerry Fodor, are basically one in the same! That is, our brains, at a subconscious level, use systemese to construct our models of how the world works.
It sounds like it could have broad applications, not least to AI.
