@St_Rev @sarahdoingthing True; many rituals aren’t significantly improv, though. The classic examples are supposedly entirely fixed.
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@Meaningness@St_Rev I suspect the idea that rituals are fixed/unchanging is illusion3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@Meaningness There is a theme of rhythmic entrainment, both biophysical & metaphorical, I'd like to tease out.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing@Meaningness But probably not at this place and time.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing@Meaningness kernel: everyone's familiar with eg synchronization of menstrual cycles. but actually generic phenomenon1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@Meaningness even applies to mechanical clocks on the same piece of furniture--pendulums synchronize.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@Meaningness Was briefly adjacent to a biophysics lab that studied this in human motor systems--eg finger wiggling.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing@Meaningness suspect that it's an essential unconscious substrate in human group coordination. very big topic though.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing@Meaningness mammalian mimicry is implicated; interesting it seems to be able to touch such disparate systems1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@fnxTX @sarahdoingthing @Meaningness Yeah, the pattern-recognition engine behind gestural mirroring enables biomechanical synchronization.
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@fnxTX@sarahdoingthing@Meaningness That seems like one means. But really oscillator + *any* connection -> synchronization.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes - 1 more reply
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