The logic of failure

Abstract

Abstract Unlike other living creatures, humans can adapt to uncertainty. They can form hypotheses about situations marked by uncertainty and can anticipate their actions by planning. They can expect the unexpected and take precautions against it. In numerous experiments, the manner in which humans deal with these demands has been investigated. In these experiments, computer simulated scenarios are used representing, for example, a small town, or ecological or economic systems or political systems such as a Third World country. Within these computer-simulated scenarios, the subjects had to look for information, plan actions, form hypotheses, etc.