Tom Stafford

When time is critical, smart decision-making requires simplicity not complexity

New newsletter:

https://tomstafford.substack.com/p/interception-at-10000-miles-an-hour

Full of #DecisionMaking #CognitiveScience goodness. And a nice bit of military history #Cybernetics

Interception at 10,000 miles an hour

And what it tells us about the nature of intelligence

Reasonable People
Mar 8 at 8:20pmWeb
Show threadNick DrageMar 8
@tomstafford thank you for posting this, an interesting and useful read. How does the finding about the simplicity of interception fit with Ashby's Law of Requisite Variety, or am I mixing up two concepts?
Show threadTom StaffordMar 8
@SonOfSunTzu that is an excellent question! It crossed my mind, but I didn't dwell on it. Will think and get back to you
Show threadPozorvlakMar 8
@tomstafford I've heard that American pilots (possibly in a later conflict) had an even simpler implementation of the constant-angle algorithm: put chewing gum on the inside of their canopy so it covers the enemy plane, and "keep him under the gum".