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<div dir="auto">Speaking of modeling environments and bellies
and beasts, weren’t Glen and/or Marcus largely behind Swarm? <br>
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<p>Yup! I'd love to hear an anecdote or three from them. I was
just in Copenhagen and spent a night with Steen Rasmussen and we
reminisced about the early days of ALife...</p>
<p>Swarm: The beast w/o a belly?</p>
<p>I've recently become fascinated with the varieties of natural
swarming behaviour, triggered by the "murmuration of starlings"
and then the finer distinctions of "shoaling" vs "schooling" of
"flocking" vs "murmuration" and the different styles of "herd"
behaviour among ruminants (most recently caribou vs reindeer and
superherd phenomena up to 500,000?!).</p>
<p>I am curious if there are taxonomies of swarms predicted or
explained by Swarm models...</p>
<p>I have discussed superficially with Guerin Percolation models in
social networks, in particular self-modifying social networks.
Insight into these very general and underspecified domains would
be welcome.</p>
<p>- Steve<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at
10:37 AM Steven A Smith <<a
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our Own Lee Rudolph, was there as
well. In the belly of Net Logo, I think. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lee???? Are you out there? </p>
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<p>That is an interesting factoid... I would not have
guessed/recognized that legacy. Net/Logo is definitely
an interesting beast.</p>
<p>"We all got to be the way we are, somehow"</p>
<p>Perhaps some beasts have more bellies than others
(multichambered rumination, cud-chewing, craws, etc.)<br>
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<p>While you (and others) use the self-deprecating term
"English Major" for yourselves when you might not
endured the more acutely math/science/engineering
tracks, it is the main reason I am here... to hear your
voices... to see your perspectives. My own engagement
in the Arts v the Sciences feels woefully limited... I
am thankful that I stumbled into the *college of Arts
and Sciences* while most of my peers were in the "school
of Engineering". Their heads got a lot sharper on a
handful of subjects that way, but I am forever thankful
for the Philosophy, Language Arts, Anthropology, thin as
they were at an undergrad basics level for the extra
perspective they offered.</p>
<p>I am now appreciating the legacy of the myriad "soft
sciences" (even Biology was considered "soft" during my
education) as well as the "Arts themselves" yet more
than I ever have. <br>
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<p>- Steve<br>
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