Talk:Open system (system theory)
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Open Systems presumably include Open Societies which are Complex Systems (see The Open Society and its Enemies by Karl Popper). Is the USA becoming a less open society?
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This is "system" in the engineering sense: energy, physics, et al. A society is not that kind of system. (If it were that kind of system, then the question reduces to merely, "Is the USA becoming less accepting of immigration?" which is probably not what the questioner meant.)
The second paragraph of the article (talking about "vacuum energy" and "zero-point energy" and "supplies of energy that cannot be depleted") looks like pseudoscience to me. Am I missing something? Gareth McCaughan 18:35, 2005 Apr 18 (UTC)
[edit] Systems theory?
This article, in spite of its name Open system (system theory), talks about physics rather than systems theory. It might be best to move this article to Open system (physics) and write a new article on open systems as discussed in systems theory and its application and evolution in various academic fields. Rl 17:01, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
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Agreed... There should be a disambiguation page which redirects the user to physics, cybernetics, computer systems, or biology depending on what they want.
