Network's Tiny Tendencies Lead to War or Peace

[Mike Barskey]

Very short audio podcast (with transcription) from Scientific American: http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=model-networks-tiny-tendencies-lead-11-01-04

Model: Network's Tiny Tendencies Lead to War or Peace
A computer model predicts all-out war or happy harmony based on one-on-one interactions within a network's most basic connections.

Interesting. I wonder what the mathematical prediction of the FSP would be.

[Pat K]

We end up having to Nuke buffalo,
to stop the Sorian Fascism.

[Jim Johnson]

There is a major error in thinking that Bill will always choose a side, that there isn't multiple opposing positions that the Bills can take and that everyone might some day agree on something.

Some researchers like to break things down into yes or no situations, run them through a computer and then go to some outlandish out come.

[CJS]

We end up having to Nuke buffalo,
to stop the Sorian Fascism.

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Talk about nuking Buffalo will increase your ranks big time , mostly from people who live in Buffalo.