1/ One of the coolest things I learned about in computational social science?
Ant mills.
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3/ I'm not a myrmecologist so don't take my explanation too literally. (Follow
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4/ The ants coordinate via message passing (pheromones) through the environment (stigmergy) with a chemical TTL (decay). But, their path dependent history conspires to create a feedback loop that dooms them all. Anywho I study belief systems and social media. Totally unrelated.
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If you were nearby them, you could interrupt it and BREAK THAT LOOP!
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