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Solutions to Classical Problems in the Control of Motor Actions

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This quotation (http://www.quotationspage.com/faq.php#85) is reminiscent of the Gödel’s incompleteness theorem in mathematics: In any axiomatic system of postulates there would always be some statements the validity of which could not be established within this system (Kennedy 2011). Einstein’s quote points to similar limitations in other branches of science and everyday life.

The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.

Albert Einstein

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Feldman, A.G. (2015). Solutions to Classical Problems in the Control of Motor Actions. In: Referent control of action and perception. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2736-4_6

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