I was watching the stunningly good Planet Earth II tonight and again saw the amazing flocks of starlings and their murmurations. Here is an idea of what they do (I couldn’t get the Planet Earth footage): This got me thinking about emergent properties, when things are created that are greater than the sum of their [Read More...]
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