Wise Heuristic

A Wise Heuristic is a heuristic that a wise agent can apply to lead to wise action.

• Example(s):
  • The Means Are The Ends In The Working.
  • Injustice Anywhere Is A Threat To Justice Everywhere.
  • Be The Change.
  • You Can Make The Universe A Little More Beautiful.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • an Unwise Heuristic, such as might is right, ...
• See: Wise, Wise Agent.

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References

1989

• (Ackoff, 1989) ⇒ Russell L. Ackoff. (1989). “From Data to Wisdom: Presidential Address to ISGSR, June 1988.” In: Journal of applied systems analysis 16, no. 1
  • QUOTE: ... Wisdom adds value, which requires the mental function we call judgement. Evaluations of efficiency all are based on a logic which, in principle, can be specified, and therefore can be programmed and automated. These principles are general and impersonal. ...

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