Counterintuitive Behavior of Social Systems and Research on Native Housing

Counterintuitive Behaviour of Social Systems
and Research on Native Housing

Nipawin - February 8, 2001 - by: Mario deSantis

divided
society
This morning, I wrote a commentary on how the self reinforcing policies of native

self-governments further reinforce the establishment of a divided society⁽¹⁾. A few

weeks ago, I pointed out how our internationally renowned health economists were full

of themselves when they stated that there was no medical crisis in Canada⁽²⁾ while it is a

fact that Saskatchewan is poaching South African doctors⁽³⁾. It was three weeks ago that

I commented how incompetent were both The StarPhoenix and the University of

Saskatchewan in making conclusions out of their survey "Taking the Pulse of Saskatoon

and Saskatchewan⁽⁴⁾."

March
Renaud
Today, I hear that the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

(SSHRCC) and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. will pump nearly a million

dollars into research on Native housing in Saskatoon⁽⁵⁾. It is ironic to know that the

beneficiary of this one million dollars are going to be the same researchers who

participated in the above mentioned survey. After the many failures of our past social

researches, SSHRC president March Renaud says that there is the need of more researches

to spawn additional connections between academic institutions and the communities they

serve.

not
linear
In accordance to the past social researches reviewed by Ensign, we can state that many of

our researchers have no clues on how to solve our social problems. In many instances our

researchers have been predicting results of their studies in accordance to the expectations of

their funding agencies; in other instances, the results of their studies have been as linear as

their statistical tools. Therefore, we remind our researchers that our social problems are not

linear but complex, that the behaviour of social systems is counterintuitive⁽⁶⁾, and that the

implementation of their linear conclusions might cause the reverse of desired results.

------------References/endnotes:

List of relevant political and economics articles http://ensign.ftlcomm.com

1.
-
It is not only a matter of self(ish)-rights, but it is a matter of whole rights, by Mario deSantis, February 7, 2001

2.
-
Dr. Michael Rachlis & Co. have the paper solution to save Medicare: Revitalizing Medicare: Shared Problems, Public Solutions, by Mario deSantis, January 25, 2001

3.
Doctor poaching must stop: South African official, CBC Saskatchewan, February 7, 2001

4.
-
The open loop thinking continues: Taking the Pulse of Saskatoon and Saskatchewan, by Mario deSantis, January 21, 2001

5.
-
Social research pays dividends, Opinions, February 7, 2001, The StarPhoenix, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

6.
-
Counterintuitive behavior of social systems, by Jay W. Forrester
ftp://sysdyn.mit.edu/ftp/sdep/Roadmaps/RM1/D-4468-1.pdf

Counterintuitive Behaviour of Social Systems and Research on Native Housing

Nipawin - February 8, 2001 - by: Mario deSantis

divided society	This morning, I wrote a commentary on how the self reinforcing policies of native
	self-governments further reinforce the establishment of a divided society⁽¹⁾. A few
	weeks ago, I pointed out how our internationally renowned health economists were full
	of themselves when they stated that there was no medical crisis in Canada⁽²⁾ while it is a
	fact that Saskatchewan is poaching South African doctors⁽³⁾. It was three weeks ago that
	I commented how incompetent were both The StarPhoenix and the University of
	Saskatchewan in making conclusions out of their survey "Taking the Pulse of Saskatoon
	and Saskatchewan⁽⁴⁾."

March Renaud	Today, I hear that the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
	(SSHRCC) and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. will pump nearly a million
	dollars into research on Native housing in Saskatoon⁽⁵⁾. It is ironic to know that the
	beneficiary of this one million dollars are going to be the same researchers who
	participated in the above mentioned survey. After the many failures of our past social
	researches, SSHRC president March Renaud says that there is the need of more researches
	to spawn additional connections between academic institutions and the communities they
	serve.

not linear	In accordance to the past social researches reviewed by Ensign, we can state that many of
	our researchers have no clues on how to solve our social problems. In many instances our
	researchers have been predicting results of their studies in accordance to the expectations of
	their funding agencies; in other instances, the results of their studies have been as linear as
	their statistical tools. Therefore, we remind our researchers that our social problems are not
	linear but complex, that the behaviour of social systems is counterintuitive⁽⁶⁾, and that the
	implementation of their linear conclusions might cause the reverse of desired results.

------------References/endnotes:

	List of relevant political and economics articles http://ensign.ftlcomm.com

1. -	It is not only a matter of self(ish)-rights, but it is a matter of whole rights, by Mario deSantis, February 7, 2001

2. -	Dr. Michael Rachlis & Co. have the paper solution to save Medicare: Revitalizing Medicare: Shared Problems, Public Solutions, by Mario deSantis, January 25, 2001

3.	Doctor poaching must stop: South African official, CBC Saskatchewan, February 7, 2001

4. -	The open loop thinking continues: Taking the Pulse of Saskatoon and Saskatchewan, by Mario deSantis, January 21, 2001

5. -	Social research pays dividends, Opinions, February 7, 2001, The StarPhoenix, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

6. -	Counterintuitive behavior of social systems, by Jay W. Forrester ftp://sysdyn.mit.edu/ftp/sdep/Roadmaps/RM1/D-4468-1.pdf