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Ant mill (en.wikipedia.org)
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An ant mill is an observed phenomenon in which a group of army ants, separated from the main foraging party, lose the pheromone track and begin to follow one another, forming a continuously rotating circle.

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[-] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago

This happens sometimes with (human) business and econ majors in groups

[-] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

yes, the "see also" section makes clear that we're really not better than the ants in this regard!

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Thank you for pointing that out. Amazing.

  • Feedback loop – Process where information about current status is used to influence future status
  • Information cascade – Behavioral phenomenon
  • Rat king – Collection of intertwined rats
  • Stigmergy – Social network mechanism of indirect coordination
  • The blind leading the blind – Idiom and metaphor in the form of a parallel phrase
  • Woozle effect – False credibility due to quantity of citations
[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Damn, that's one hell of a moshpit.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Collective behavior leads to both collective intelligence and collective stupidity.
This also applies to artificial intelligence (artificial neurons) and biological neurons.

this post was submitted on 26 Feb 2025
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