Control theories such as (Perceptual Control Theory), which are based on , are primarily focused on the control loop closed through the system's and have little or no concern for the more important, internal motor loop controlling the system's and cycles.

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Control in always has to come from the outside or is exerted, not internally onto the elements that make the system but onto something else outside of the "control" system.

Even such brilliant thinkers as , one of the "fathers" of could not escape this profoundly ingrained "cybernetic" assumption:

>" means, literally, self-law. To see what this entails, it is easier to contrast it with its mirror image, or **external law**. This is, of course, what we call . These two images, autonomy and control, do a continuous dance."

**Francisco J. Varela** - *Principles Of Biological Autonomy*

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