Sorry I meant "four" requirements of course. In principle,
the article says nothing new, it says that a large group
has less cognitive limitations than an individual.
Iain Couzin his written this before. But swarms are
always fascinating! I updated the wiki pages for
the corresponding topics:
http://wiki.cas-group.net/index.php?title=Collective_Intelligence
http://wiki.cas-group.net/index.php?title=Crowd
http://wiki.cas-group.net/index.php?title=Swarm
http://wiki.cas-group.net/index.php?title=Swarm_Intelligence
-J.
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