ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. ***************************************************************************** Jung referred to it as the "collective." On Mar 3, 2011, at 8:42 PM, Charlie Carlson wrote: > ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology > Centers > Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related > institutions. > ***************************************************************************** > > http://icouzin.princeton.edu/collective-motion-and-decision-making-in-animal-groups/ > > Here's a link to a lab that does some original and amazing > interesting work. You can find links to some of their recent work > and the images are absolutely fun to contemplate. > > > My reference to human social behavior and swarm intelligence refers > to my notion that most people and in fact just about every system of > social organization delegates authority and decision making, be it > logical, rational, or not. We typically follow our friends, > community, and local custom. Those "schools" of thought may or may > not have a rational basis, but they all exhibit the same behavioral > requirements to varying degrees. This behavior rests deeply in the > very biological basis of our social structures, or so I've come to > believe, to put some irony in it all > > C. > On Mar 2, 2011, at 9:47 PM, Jennie Dusheck wrote: > >> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology >> Centers >> Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related >> institutions. >> ***************************************************************************** >> >> I would love to see you elaborate on this. >> Jennie Dusheck >> >> At 7:47 PM -0800 3/2/11, Charlie Carlson wrote: >>> This argument is a stand in for consistency of belief and whether >>> or not it's essential. I call your attention to a talk at the >>> recent AAAS. A school of fish depends more upon blind acceptance >>> rather than individual decision making based upon a broad degree >>> of sensory input and independent behavior. Not that the match is >>> perfect, but we may discovering our inner fish in both cases. >>> C >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >> >> *********************************************************************** >> For information about the Association of Science-Technology Centers >> and the Informal Science Education Network please visit www.astc.org. >> >> Check out the latest case studies and reviews on ExhibitFiles at www.exhibitfiles.org >> . >> >> The ISEN-ASTC-L email list is powered by LISTSERVR software from L- >> Soft. To learn more, visit >> http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html. >> >> To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the >> message SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to >> [log in to unmask] > > Charles Carlson > Senior Scientist > exploratorium > 3601 Lyon St. > San Francisco, CA 94123 > [log in to unmask] > Tel: 415-561-0319 > Fax: 415-561-0370 > > Skype: sciskypecharlie > MobileMe: [log in to unmask] > Twitter: charliec53 > > > > > > > > > > > > *********************************************************************** > For information about the Association of Science-Technology Centers > and the Informal Science Education Network please visit www.astc.org. > > Check out the latest case studies and reviews on ExhibitFiles at www.exhibitfiles.org > . > > The ISEN-ASTC-L email list is powered by LISTSERVR software from L- > Soft. To learn more, visit > http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html. > > To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the > message SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to > [log in to unmask] *********************************************************************** For information about the Association of Science-Technology Centers and the Informal Science Education Network please visit www.astc.org. Check out the latest case studies and reviews on ExhibitFiles at www.exhibitfiles.org. The ISEN-ASTC-L email list is powered by LISTSERVR software from L-Soft. To learn more, visit http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html. To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the message SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to [log in to unmask]