I thought this was a really interesting framing of making decisions. It seems like ecological psychology could be considered a higher-level language like C if bayesianism was compiler code. It abstracts information so that it might be extra helpful for certain interpretations whilst making specific analyses harder to pull off. (Just like how different programming languages are made for different purposes)
Indeed, the language analogy is a good metaphor for what I was getting at
To be clear though, I was making the opposite point: that ecological dynamics is a lower-level language and bayesianism is at a higher level
Like, everyone talks about “opinions” and “mental models” but those concepts are more abstract and leakier, and the underlying reality is closer to information-control laws
I thought this was a really interesting framing of making decisions. It seems like ecological psychology could be considered a higher-level language like C if bayesianism was compiler code. It abstracts information so that it might be extra helpful for certain interpretations whilst making specific analyses harder to pull off. (Just like how different programming languages are made for different purposes)
Indeed, the language analogy is a good metaphor for what I was getting at
To be clear though, I was making the opposite point: that ecological dynamics is a lower-level language and bayesianism is at a higher level Like, everyone talks about “opinions” and “mental models” but those concepts are more abstract and leakier, and the underlying reality is closer to information-control laws
But it might be the reverse, what do I know