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It's unfair to compare large animal swarms with informal human social gatherings. as the author of this passage is doing. And if you look at the broader picture, you can see all of human civilization as a swarm - and we've developed some of the most complex and productive interrelations to be found anywhere in the animal kingdom. The kind of economic system whereby people can produce a microchip, or even a hamburger, is a fantastic example of swarm intelligence that trumps the entire animal kindgom.


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QFT. Excellent post, Phil [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]