Heinz von Foerster (born Heinz von Förster; November 13, 1911, Vienna – October 2, 2002, Pescadero, California) was an Austrian American scientist combining physics and philosophy. Together with Warren McCulloch, Norbert Wiener, John von Neumann, Lawrence J. Fogel, and others, Heinz von Foerster was an architect of cybernetics.
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“If you are convinced of a matter, you must take sides or you don’t deserve to succeed.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)