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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

“Observing [...] and even experimenting with robofish [...] predict movements of large groups of animals” https://t.co/UDJ6VNrwTe

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3/29/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago
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"we get a seemingly complex and global pattern from very simple local interactions of people"

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3/29/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago
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Why I have trouble w/ roads - Low tendency to instinctively copy + trouble inferring mental state. Instant panic. https://t.co/5fDlbfIKQr

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

“Observing [...] and even experimenting with robofish [...] predict movements of large groups of animals” https://t.co/UDJ6VNrwTe

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3/29/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago
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So, swarm intelligence needs conducive conditions to work + my personality & natural penchant mean I'm an outlier. https://t.co/BvULSDYyLo

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3/29/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago
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Given prevalence of the genetic factors giving rise to autistic like traits, my theory is that human swarms need outliers to avoid glitches.

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3/29/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago
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"Ant groups optimally amplify the effect of transiently informed individuals" https://t.co/O6Nt3wgH4o https://t.co/aYxhTUWT7J

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3/29/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago
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To test the theory I want to create behavioral simulations that model traits related to social cohesion. https://t.co/lRqvKgq5hI

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

Given prevalence of the genetic factors giving rise to autistic like traits, my theory is that human swarms need outliers to avoid glitches.

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3/29/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago
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"some scientists now think our brains might actually work in the same way"https://t.co/m8zQNeVoqN

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4/2/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago
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"remind us that the outset, that this is a process being done by insects not by people"https://t.co/EE0T1as1dX

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4/2/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago
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"compares the decision-making processes of honey bee colonies to human societies" https://t.co/OKEExKUY3p

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4/2/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago
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Swarm Intelligence?No-bias, independent analysis, diverse input, honest motives, (& trust?)https://t.co/hFg2pfFMzI https://t.co/J1R05fKNeT

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4/2/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago
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Swarm intelligence an emergent property of networks? https://t.co/XUEtCzkZJ6

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

Sensor networks in nature, but modeled as Rhizomes?https://t.co/NjJA4nvW2w

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5/1/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago
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"Learning likely even predates the emergence of nervous systems, much less brains, according to a new study" https://t.co/HY5ODzWfmX

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5/1/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago
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“The ritualized fighting behavior of one ant species is linked to increases in dopamine levels” https://t.co/16ytkpfLoq

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5/6/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago
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"Each ant is behaving like a neuron in a brain, part of a literal hive-mind." https://t.co/AeKCOLsGY7

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5/9/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago
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"Quorum sensing enables colonies to evaluate [...] several potential nest sites simultaneously before committing" https://t.co/ozolHy89mI

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5/15/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago
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It takes time to build the mental and cultural scaffolds to make old ideas new again.https://t.co/Ofn9jU95wO

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

Is "the slow hunch" an effect of human swarms propagating ideas in networks (and in brains)? https://t.co/MS7Oe6XLJn https://t.co/epjxTOdlIX

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5/17/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago
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It takes time to build the mental and cultural scaffolds to make old ideas new again.https://t.co/avOgYE1JrO https://t.co/QBmlVJwBRr

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5/22/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago
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"Every 'effortless' category assignment is actually a seething subterranean battle of analogies." #Beehiveiorism <3https://t.co/OKRyL8ME2h

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5/23/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago
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"Debugging the Link between Social Theory and Social Insects" #jokesfornerdshttps://t.co/72L5XybKVK https://t.co/joswvp5n7b

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5/23/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago
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"…emerging from simple rules is widespread, even in complex, socially stratified societies."https://t.co/xpoGoF97m0 https://t.co/HmxySqHcUR

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6/2/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago
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"findings confirmed the role of serotonin and dopamine in the mediation of ant aggressive behavior" https://t.co/khOU7XmbhR

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6/8/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago
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"demonstrates how specific social environments can modulate individual gene expression in group members." https://t.co/BbwLKrhOOK

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6/8/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago
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"could be at play in complicated ways, and finding out the relative contributions of them require careful science" https://t.co/T0Li3Y9rue

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6/8/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago
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https://t.co/E0YTjSXtq5

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 10 years ago

"an interesting idea that highlights the way bias can destroy the wisdom of a crowd" http://t.co/AoQjwCezWX

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6/14/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago
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"This collective cognition is mostly based on a decentralized organization of insects’ activities" https://t.co/eKApWDxmqB

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6/15/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago
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"Organizational sense making occurs in a complex social environment"https://t.co/VOAmS8RDRm https://t.co/cxHfsWBnlg

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6/22/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago
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"This ability to form cooperative collectives is an evolutionary novelty..." <3https://t.co/CKihVmEah9 https://t.co/KgQcB3knNr

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7/6/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago
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https://t.co/lD7KW0HFvi

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8/20/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago
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Human swarms as a Bayesian collective sampling the environment? #Beehiveiorism https://t.co/YfA0CrTaOC

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8/20/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago
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"a small minority of the workers in each colony are constantly on the lookout for better"https://t.co/OkwNKkJDYH https://t.co/dbPVWszDKz

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8/28/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago
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#beehiveiorism in a nutshell:https://t.co/x32WRzzZnF

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

Ants Swarm Like Brains Think: https://t.co/HNQAOX7Vfe https://t.co/PlIQvKZ6vV

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8/29/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago
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"models describe individuals that occupy the nodes of a lattice or network" via @dvespinosahttps://t.co/C416VKOVDG https://t.co/meXxipYxw6

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8/31/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
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https://t.co/7scG8YMGeO

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

How ants vote.“In collective decision-making, such compromises are especially likely because information is shared” https://t.co/rX0NCJJyBO

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9/19/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
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Found via crows:[Darwin's Triumph, Darwin's Mistake, Bees, Semantics, Occam's Aftershave, Evidence from toddlers]https://t.co/1tH7HFeYTk

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9/19/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
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Confidence seen as useful to de-bias swarm intelligence: https://t.co/E0YTjSXtq5

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 10 years ago

"an interesting idea that highlights the way bias can destroy the wisdom of a crowd" http://t.co/AoQjwCezWX

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9/25/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
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"these two changes are picked up by their flock mates, and seen as a lack of confidence"https://t.co/FPNp0Pr3XE

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9/25/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
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"locking on to suboptimal options through positive feedback is a recurring feature of group decision making"https://t.co/rjkLGcbIv7 https://t.co/0NGCC3KXVB

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9/25/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
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A distinctive factors of human systems: We may be able to self modify our collective behavior. When is this optimal? https://t.co/mUcQ3Ou1Kc

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

We weren't meant to handle this scale."then spread, viruslike, to thousands upon thousands in a matter of minutes."https://t.co/bJXVmIG04j

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9/25/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
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"the shoal just by moving together can unlock this new ability to seek out shade and follow it."https://t.co/xfcwBE2EQS

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9/25/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
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#Beehiveiorism applied to the colony."net result is a vastly smarter organization aligned around shared goals. "https://t.co/w8K9RYMj9Q https://t.co/TImOmyH8ao

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10/7/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
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"it challenges the idea that financial markets absorb all news equally, based only on financial relevance."https://t.co/ygOfhtLz9u https://t.co/QsQOisjLro

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10/9/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
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"asking ourselves the opposite question: how do we achieve the simplest and least impressive feats of coordination?"https://t.co/KW99gwrmsm

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10/13/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
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"highlight the difficulties in exploring collective intelligence in animal groups"https://t.co/YVGXdSMedq https://t.co/cXesr2kb0a

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10/17/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
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"slime mould may hold the key to linking individual-level mechanisms to colony-level behaviours."https://t.co/zgOnbwzWcq

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10/17/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
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Humans share beliefs to update priors?"Exploring the Cultural Ratchet throughFunction Learning" https://t.co/WiUWR2ZlAS#beehiveiorism https://t.co/oVLOw89uTt

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10/21/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
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Collective learning is just a massively parallel simulation / sampling of state space. If interests align, collaborative ratcheting occurs.

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10/23/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
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Could Predator / Prey dynamic allowed for social learning by bootstrapping neural circuitry for perspective taking?https://t.co/CAo5uYoF8F

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10/23/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
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Map is not territory.Analogy is not reality.Model is not experience.Lossy compression networks.https://t.co/1FbJ2oQR29#Beehiveiorism

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10/26/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
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Lossy Compression Networks are not Ant Poop? (Still updating my priors on this one)https://t.co/EIFQITDFue

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

Trophallaxis + Cacophagy =>Ant-puke-networks + Poop =>Poop Residue Networks + Stigmergy =>Evaporative Memory + Signaling Networks + Time.

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10/26/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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In which @WIRED discusses the complex nature of group level #beehiveiorism in the context of 2016.https://t.co/krIMpo115d https://t.co/lI8OFfT6ku

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12/5/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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"suggesting that underneath gradual societal changes are the explorations of individual synthesis and discovery."https://t.co/v7OlNnG0XG https://t.co/KZVBS8v1jK

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12/14/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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"it certainly may have been the beginning of our cultural addiction to caffeine."https://t.co/WyA1YeH5Pi https://t.co/teQeOr9kUi

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12/14/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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Whoa, Buridan's Ass applies to voting & seems to describe network effects in ant and bee range voting mechanic. https://t.co/myumkmtDaj

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

"I wrote this paper for the general scientific community. [...] At that point, I gave up in disgust." — Lamporthttps://t.co/Oitm2aMziS https://t.co/ToJgO0FVeu

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12/19/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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"demonstrate that this variation in social learning effectiveness is a phylogenetically ancient trend"https://t.co/3EgzI1DrqH https://t.co/ZT1XN7nlOT

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12/24/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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TL;DR: nature cheats:https://t.co/jzCLr66CjE

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

Nature cheatshttps://t.co/Od20LIaP1S

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12/24/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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In which Chomsky confuses #beehiveiorism and thought generation with language but still sees the same insights: https://t.co/yoYnMhCBHQ

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1/4/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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When the bees in your head get excited they have trouble finding words; They mean one thing but say your mother.https://t.co/ZFGhPT07v7

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1/4/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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Some people's bees aren't well tempered by their relationships with others, and have trouble ignoring info. Often known as schizophrenia.

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1/4/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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Realizing somebody on the schizophrenic spectrum has a very different inferential distance makes them significantly easier to understand.

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1/4/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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You have to stretch imagination a lot further into what they might be experiencing in their world, unbiased by careful thought of "other".

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1/4/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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Recognition of gap in inferential distance is not only useful for listening to insights from cognitive differences. https://t.co/WKM8nocUIX

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

the more models you have of minds, better your pattern matching to guess at shared analogies / inferential distance.https://t.co/BPleMjGt49

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1/10/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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By subverting an unconscious revulsion to outsider language: you can listen to songs they sing, and heed insights.https://t.co/jd2sNC1dgn

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

"a pattern of thought that is so entrenched and feels so natural that it has become unconscious" https://t.co/wQWzXWRg8J

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1/10/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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Narrative analysis has been shown to have some diagnostic utility for Theory of Mind concerns with schizophrenia. https://t.co/liQSdAQJ4x

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1/12/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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When cooperating in large groups, what the ant ignores is just as important as what she listens to.https://t.co/WKScM9Uxld https://t.co/FiLwSbgoih

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1/13/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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"…colony of ants, as a cognitive entity, can compare two options that are not both accessible by any individual ant"https://t.co/7m7vg6eriS https://t.co/nv4lreZm6X

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1/13/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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Do ants enjoy hugging?"Army ants are clingy creatures, they adhere to each other as though magnetized."https://t.co/Nt6qRApjrS https://t.co/8yWfaXXeaS

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1/23/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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We need this, but done in depth for the social networks of bees who are able to pass along learned behavior?https://t.co/nWC43TSbWn https://t.co/6EKqL3WAEV

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5/7/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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Modeling social behavior of hugging ants: explore how adaptive information networks form w/ substrate independence.https://t.co/s3hypHbYHv

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

@sarahdoingthing I find that assumption of lack of agency often in ant research. It's really frustrating. Agent based models solve it https://t.co/sCvykP1bZz https://t.co/kDZ3alPB4u

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5/7/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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Language as evolved from signaling games; out of synchronization primitives for the hivesong's hunting practices?https://t.co/yDDff6RB3Z

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5/7/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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Not "communication" - act of sync'ing brain patterns & thoughtforms via metaphors - but facts such as "notice me". https://t.co/WSLlK9iGA8

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

Stories flashing in strobe,A collective of fireflies,Singing? No Signaling,Screaming into the abyssal noise floor:I am here. I'm alive.

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5/7/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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Social animals communicate 'facts' of danger to synchronize awareness: https://t.co/oGgXJ8eJDT

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5/7/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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Hivesongs: just hunting and foraging at the swarm level.Synchronizing facts in a way distinguishable from noise.https://t.co/zlJ02RVvZ5

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5/7/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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And then there's the Drongos bird. An asshole:https://t.co/OzXElO6L6W

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5/7/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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Singing the 'right' hivesong is about signaling social status + group affiliation, because of assholes like Drongos.https://t.co/zVkA8YjRZb

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

"Squirrels and chipmunks eavesdrop on birds, sometimes adding their own thoughts."https://t.co/7I2b11n8jS

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5/7/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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Shibboleths; learning metaphor, grew on back of complicated jokes. "a lot of it is just setting up social relations"https://t.co/rYfJlEnn87

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

In which Chomsky confuses #beehiveiorism and thought generation with language but still sees the same insights: https://t.co/yoYnMhCBHQ

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5/7/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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Pinker+Chomsky: looking at different maps. Evolution of lang would b/c of adversarial tribes. Self created Drongos.https://t.co/0914Suxw3n

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

@wittysense @AmandaChimera Wish I could articulate what I see in idea space with words. Warring hives of ants and bees fighting over a garden. https://t.co/cywxro1NyW

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5/7/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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One evolutionary force among many. One narrative journey thru the map of our history. The map is not the territory.https://t.co/5caDrd99Ip

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

I laugh at own jokes.Slow to pick up other's.Find inappropriate things funny.I'm forever an outsider?https://t.co/bmHhcUFdx5 https://t.co/KPqxOYyGBA

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5/7/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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Bohm got it.https://t.co/NAeCF01TpD

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

A conversation? Just Apes comparing maps.https://t.co/SzJWXmhoOm https://t.co/mnUbdPQIut

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5/7/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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Hofstadter Pinker Dennet Wilson and Dawkins are all arguing over who's map is correct. They're locked into a system of prestige.

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5/7/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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What if this is good? What if this is bad?Raise your abstracation to a better question: When is that [good|bad]?https://t.co/QOWHns9Tll

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 10 years ago

Something something storytelling chimpanzees go to war.This Video Will Make You Angry https://t.co/SJHgXxRWSAStrengthen your meme flora.

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5/7/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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Ophiocordyceps as metaphor for an outgroup ideology?Actually: its hyperparasites all the way down! Us vs them.https://t.co/X0EjYwt0hM https://t.co/QbgNeHDu4t

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5/7/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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No one will admit this:https://t.co/9KgFtoAbYY

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Cellular biologic consists of autopoietic systems.Human biologic consists of auto-poetic systems.https://t.co/eZ6S59OcX1

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5/7/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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"The waring tribes of humanity, stopped throwing feces & invented language to more effectively police each other"https://t.co/5Ovbc5hz9I

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

You should read "What is Life" by Erwin Schrödinger...then read "Schrödinger’s Cat" by RA Wilson...It's profound: https://t.co/r05DE0CjIA

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5/8/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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We are at war.https://t.co/2DIF76mvC2

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5/8/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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Drongos use language to mess with meerkats. The lowly cowbird literally identifies it's ingroup by a sound. https://t.co/P2uk2m018m

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5/11/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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Problem with sustainable foraging behaviors is that you get stuck in a strange loop due to dueling attractors.Earth: peopling a whalefall.

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5/25/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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Whalefalls=bubbles"highlighting the ecological vulnerability of these giants operating on an energetic knife-edge."https://t.co/MZkGOYa3ZZ

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5/25/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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"Fish poop in the sea -- and if that's not shitting where you eat, what is?"https://t.co/tViwImeXDM https://t.co/2Yukvsh1Ev

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5/25/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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"If fish all poop in the ocean, why is the ocean not a huge bacterial cesspool, unsafe to swim in?""The ocean IS a huge bacterial pool."

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5/25/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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https://t.co/RCK5rwROJ4

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5/25/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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Expect more whalefalls.“The world is complex. It is growing more so, perhaps exponentially.”https://t.co/xYxUrr87Ah

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5/25/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago
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"The tournaments serve as temporary spatial borders within which food gathering occurs."https://t.co/8JxnN2dkcr

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7/28/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago
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"demonstrate […] even mild social influence can undermine the wisdom of crowd effect in simple estimation tasks."https://t.co/4j4mGe1hNT https://t.co/CHNvKXd7TL

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8/10/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago
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"…broadcast the same information to multiple individuals, you've eroded the capacity for collective intelligence." 🐜https://t.co/W1ZTd1f1FB

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9/27/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago
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"what are those rules of engagement that lead to this kind of intelligence, and of course, can we create our own?"https://t.co/TcnKeZ5aDA

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9/27/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago
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How can we be more like the ant?https://t.co/fHyEhz8im3

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

“Ant colonies teach us self-organization stems from an adaptation that compresses information about the environment” https://t.co/myLj2KedJe

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9/27/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago
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Embodying metaopinion w/ open transparent collaboration;Collective stigmegy of thought? https://t.co/6xwYTuVdyu @RayDalio #beehiveiorism🐜 https://t.co/fwiAI7SYiW

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10/11/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago
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Integrative complex thinking, what's that?https://t.co/T7sOhBDI1w

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

Integrative complex thinking, mashed up w/ Axelrod's work + extensions of game-theory, when viewed as mixed motive games = powerful model. https://t.co/buCbAZnCZ8

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10/11/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago
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Why would anyone ever want to design an architecture designed to tell you how wrong you are?https://t.co/Qtj3ai2plY

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

"you refine and refine and refine, and the patterns emerge, and the group gets clarity and you answer the question."https://t.co/Z18cFNrYFX https://t.co/Jyc232cLyE

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10/11/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago
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Break the spell.https://t.co/DbLwInFjf7 https://t.co/1BfO3TlXGt

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11/16/2017
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Meredith L. Patterson@maradydd• over 9 years ago
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@ultimape which traits were you thinking?

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4/26/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago
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@maradydd I want to work thru various colony structures, using these: https://t.co/ceIirqI9lY as a guide to explore https://t.co/CYTUlQr4EQ

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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

"Darwin's conundrum: how selection could favour individually costly behaviours" #ants #beeshttps://t.co/3SqW4RJTd2 https://t.co/q8pbrs74xS

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4/26/2016