Bonus

This thinker’s application of autopoiesis, or self-creation, to his systems theory was controversial for its alleged abuse of scientific terminology. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this author of Theory of Society. This German author developed a sociologically oriented systems theory that analyzes the role of, and disturbances in, communication in social organizations.
ANSWER: Niklas Luhmann (“LOO-mahn”)
[10m] Luhmann’s systems theory was influenced by this transdisciplinary field led by Norbert Wiener and Gregory Bateson. This field studies feedback systems where outputs also serve as inputs.
ANSWER: cybernetics
[10e] Luhmann wrote a “sociological theory” of this concept in an analysis of unexpected situations. In economics, people fearful of uncertain outcomes have an “aversion” to this concept.
ANSWER: risk [prompt on volatility or beta]
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EditionsHeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
15712.4698%26%0%

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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
BUTufts A001010E
Binghamton AESF A001010E
Brandeis AHarvard B001010E
Brown ABrandeis B001010E
Bruin ALouisville A0101020ME
Cambridge EWarwick A0101020ME
Case Western ACarnegie Mellon A001010E
Chicago AIllinois A0101020ME
Cornell CCornell D001010E
Dartmouth AMIT A001010E
DurhamNYU C001010E
Florida AValencia A0101020ME
George Washington BJohn Jay College001010E
Georgetown ANotre Dame A001010E
Georgia Tech CGeorgia Tech B001010E
Georgia Tech DGeorgia Tech A001010E
Harvard AUMass Boston001010E
Imperial AOxford B001010E
IowaPurdue001010E
Iowa StateMinnesota B0101020ME
Johns Hopkins AGeorge Washington A001010E
KenyonCarnegie Mellon B001010E
LSESheffield001010E
Liberty BDuke001010E
ManchesterCambridge A001010E
Maryland BMaryland A001010E
Michigan BMichigan D001010E
Michigan CMichigan A001010E
Michigan StateOhio State A001010E
MissouriChicago B001010E
NYU AHaverford B0101020ME
NYU BCornell B001010E
Notre Dame BNorthwestern A001010E
Notre Dame CNorthwestern B001010E
Ohio State BCase Western B001010E
Oxford ABristol0101020ME
Oxford CImperial B0101020ME
Penn BColumbia B001010E
RIT ARIT B001010E
Rutgers AHaverford A001010E
South CarolinaLiberty C001010E
Southampton ACambridge B0101020ME
Southampton BCambridge C0101020ME
Stanford BGeorgetown B0101020ME
UBCUW B0101020ME
UCF BFlorida State A001010E
UCF CFlorida B001010E
UNC DLiberty A001010E
UW AAlberta0101020ME
Vanderbilt AAlabama A001010E
Virginia AUNC C0101020ME
Virginia Tech AUNC B001010E
Warwick BCambridge D001010E
William & MaryWake Forest001010E
Winona StateWisconsin A0101020ME
Wisconsin BCarleton001010E
Yale AColumbia C0000

Summary

TournamentEditionHeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
Florida2025-02-01313.33100%33%0%
Great Lakes2025-02-01610.00100%0%0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01611.67100%17%0%
Midwest2025-02-01215.00100%50%0%
North2025-02-01316.67100%67%0%
Northeast2025-02-01510.00100%0%0%
Overflow2025-02-01512.00100%20%0%
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01220.00100%100%0%
Southeast2025-02-01412.50100%25%0%
UK2025-02-011015.00100%50%0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01810.0088%13%0%
Upstate NY2025-02-01310.00100%0%0%