McKinnon-Wood (1993) claims Pask to have been studying Psychology at the time; whereas Scott (2007) claims Pask to have been studying Physiology. McKinnon-Wood, Robin (1993). "Early Machinations". Systems Research. 10 (3): 129–132. doi:10.1002/sres.3850100315. Scott, Bernard (2007). "The Cybernetics of Gordon Pask". In Glanville, Ranulph; Müller, Karl. H. (eds.). Gordon Pask, Philosopher Mechanic: An Introduction to the Cybernetician's Cybernetician. Vol. 6 (1 ed.). Vienna: edition echoraum. ISBN9783901941153.
Barnes (2001), who studied under Gregory Bateson, notes of having received an informal certificate by Pask after having requested Pask to teach him cybernetics. They saw each other for private lessons for the last two years of Pask's life, and he even received an informal certificate from Pask (p.545) Barnes, Graham (2001). "Voices of sanity in the conversation of psychotherapy". Kybernetes. 30 (5/6): 526–550. doi:10.1108/03684920110391760.
(Pask 1993, p. 142) Pask, Elizabeth (1993). "Today Has Been Going on for a Very Long Time". Systems Research. 10 (3): 143–147. doi:10.1002/sres.3850100318.
(Barnes 2001, p. 534) Barnes, Graham (2001). "Voices of sanity in the conversation of psychotherapy". Kybernetes. 30 (5/6): 526–550. doi:10.1108/03684920110391760.
(Barnes 2001, p. 526) Barnes, Graham (2001). "Voices of sanity in the conversation of psychotherapy". Kybernetes. 30 (5/6): 526–550. doi:10.1108/03684920110391760.
Pickering (2009) notes that his brother Edgar was described by Pask as his hero and role model. Edgar was noted to have fought in World War II, and "carried out a series of life threatening experiments on himself aimed at increasing the survival rate of piolets" (p. 310). Edgar was thrown into pools unconscious to examine the properties of life jackets, thrown into the icy waters of Shetland, and so on. Pickering notes that this presented a hard act to follow for Pask, but "he did, in his own unusual way" (p. 311). Pickering, Andrew (2009). "Gordon Pask: From Chemical Computers To Adaptive Architecture". The Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future. University of Chicago Press. ISBN978-0226667904. See also. PDF
Pickering (2009) notes that his brother Edgar was described by Pask as his hero and role model. Edgar was noted to have fought in World War II, and "carried out a series of life threatening experiments on himself aimed at increasing the survival rate of piolets" (p. 310). Edgar was thrown into pools unconscious to examine the properties of life jackets, thrown into the icy waters of Shetland, and so on. Pickering notes that this presented a hard act to follow for Pask, but "he did, in his own unusual way" (p. 311). Pickering, Andrew (2009). "Gordon Pask: From Chemical Computers To Adaptive Architecture". The Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future. University of Chicago Press. ISBN978-0226667904. See also. PDF
