Of course, one significant difference between bird flocking behavior and human religious flocking behavior is that birds have brains...
--Doug On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 6:57 PM, glen e. p. ropella < [email protected]> wrote: > sarbajit roy wrote circa 10-04-09 06:34 AM: > > The religious grouping I belong to had cause to study/discuss this about > 150 > > years back (concerning flocks of men not birds). The leader of the > faction > > in opposition to mine (which means my faction vehemently disagrees with > his > > view) had this to say > > That quote from your opposition seems to fall in line with the nature > article, the idea that particular birds/humans (presumably with > particular traits, inbred or learned) turn out to be leaders. I take it > from your statement that you agree more with the jasss article, that > leaders with no particularly exceptional traits emerge? Right? > > Of course, to even have this discussion, we have to allow ourselves the > metaphor between human cliques and bird flocks... > > -- > glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://agent-based-modeling.com > > >
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