Comments on: Evolution and the wisdom of crowds
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Science and compassion for a better worldWed, 23 Sep 2015 20:01:03 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.1By: Aditya
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Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:42:32 +0000http://terahertz.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/evolution-and-the-wisdom-of-crowds/#comment-57Not directly related but pertaining to crowds is how a crowd of people, especially in a panic-type situation, can be modelled as a basic particle model, where each person is a particle. Essentially people just “go with the flow” in panic situations, so viewed from above it looks like there’s a force acting on various particles in one direction.