Science > Physics > Scientific American article on successful "collective activity"
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"Tom Potter" |
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30 Jun 2007 07:20:36 AM |
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Scientific American article on successful "collective activity" |
As can be seen,
the Scientific American article quoted below,
confirms what most folks already know, that
"punishers must dominate to sustain the success of a collective activity."
No activity or enterprise can succeed
when the lazy, counter-productive, criminal and sociopathic
are permitted to run wild.
It is obvious.that more folks must take a stand against the sociopaths.
if the Internet is to succeed as a "collective activity".
At this point in time,
the sociopaths and bigots run wild
and even control the free expression of
opinions, ideas, and information.
It will be interesting to see if the Internet
will become a useful and positive "collective activity",
or if it will go the way of Citizen's Band radio.
So far it appears that the bigots and sociopaths are winning.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleid=788CF452-E7F2-99DF-3EBC599C3A9F1C6F
"Hauert and co-author Karl Sigmund, a mathematician at the International
Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg, Austria, devised a
mathematical model that determines how groups fare when collaborating on an
activity. They reasoned that within any such community, there would be three
types of individuals: cooperators, who do their fair share and are rewarded
for their effort; defectors, who beg off but still benefit from the others'
work; and punishers, who penalize the defectors.
After running multiple versions of their algorithm, with different variables
adjusted in each trial, the researchers discovered that the punishers must
dominate to sustain the success of a collective activity. But, ironically,
they discovered that the effort-be it cutting carbon emissions or hunting
bison-must be voluntary if punishers are to rule the roost."
--
Tom Potter
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*** May 2007 Anti-Bigot Award ***
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| User: "Archie Leach" |
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| Title: Re: Scientific American article on successful "collective activity" |
07 Jul 2007 10:01:44 AM |
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"Tom Potter" <tdp1001@yahoo.com> wrote:
It is obvious.that more folks must take a stand against the sociopaths.
if the Internet is to succeed as a "collective activity".
At this point in time,
the sociopaths and bigots run wild
and even control the free expression of
opinions, ideas, and information.
It will be interesting to see if the Internet
will become a useful and positive "collective activity",
or if it will go the way of Citizen's Band radio.
I love your logic.
"All these mean people are picking on me because I'm a loudmouth
fruitcake. Therefore, the Internet is doomed to fail."
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| User: "Tom Potter" |
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| Title: Re: Scientific American article on successful "collective activity" |
08 Jul 2007 08:41:18 AM |
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"Archie Leach" <mungez@mo.i> wrote in message
news:jfav83d5gbfgpa33nt9b11uhcsh1449567@4ax.com...
"Tom Potter" <tdp1001@yahoo.com> wrote:
It is obvious.that more folks must take a stand against the sociopaths.
if the Internet is to succeed as a "collective activity".
At this point in time,
the sociopaths and bigots run wild
and even control the free expression of
opinions, ideas, and information.
It will be interesting to see if the Internet
will become a useful and positive "collective activity",
or if it will go the way of Citizen's Band radio.
I love your logic.
"All these mean people are picking on me because I'm a loudmouth
fruitcake. Therefore, the Internet is doomed to fail."
Thanks for registering as a bigot Archie.
Speaking of "fruitcakes", as can be seen,
Archie hangs out in the *** Granola Newsgroup ***
with the likes of Art Deco, Bob Officer, etc.
alt.usenet.kook is called the *** Granola Newsgroup ***
because what ain't fruits and nuts, are flakes.
Here's a video one of Archie's buddies in alt.usenet.kook:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA5MlMpuAvg&NR=1
Question?
Is Archie's buddy,
1. A Fruit
2. A Nut
3. A Flake
4. All of the above
5. None of the above
--
Tom Potter
*** Time Magazine Person of the Year 2006 ***
*** May 2007 Anti-Bigot Award ***
http://home.earthlink.net/~tdp
http://tdp1001.googlepages.com/home
http://no-turtles.com
http://www.frappr.com/tompotter
http://photos.yahoo.com/tdp1001
http://spaces.msn.com/tdp1001
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tom-potter
http://tom-potter.blogspot.com
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| User: "mariposas rand mair fheal greykitten tomys des anges" |
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| Title: Re: Scientific American article on successful "collective activity" |
07 Jul 2007 02:34:41 PM |
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In article <jfav83d5gbfgpa33nt9b11uhcsh1449567@4ax.com>,
Archie Leach <mungez@mo.i> wrote:
"Tom Potter" <tdp1001@yahoo.com> wrote:
It is obvious.that more folks must take a stand against the sociopaths.
if the Internet is to succeed as a "collective activity".
At this point in time,
the sociopaths and bigots run wild
and even control the free expression of
opinions, ideas, and information.
It will be interesting to see if the Internet
will become a useful and positive "collective activity",
or if it will go the way of Citizen's Band radio.
I love your logic.
"All these mean people are picking on me because I'm a loudmouth
fruitcake. Therefore, the Internet is doomed to fail."
imminent death of usenet predicted
arf meow arf - nsa fodder
al qaeda terrorism nuclear bomb iran taliban big brother
if you meet buddha on the usenet killfile him
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| User: "§ñühw¤£f" |
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| Title: Re: Scientific American article on successful "collective activity" |
08 Jul 2007 09:25:47 AM |
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mariposas rand mair fheal greykitten tomys des anges
<mair_fheal@yahoo.com> pinched out a steaming pile of<mair_fheal-
0B0725.12344107072007@sn-ip.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>:
In article <jfav83d5gbfgpa33nt9b11uhcsh1449567@4ax.com>,
Archie Leach <mungez@mo.i> wrote:
"Tom Potter" <tdp1001@yahoo.com> wrote:
It is obvious.that more folks must take a stand against the
sociopaths.
if the Internet is to succeed as a "collective activity".
At this point in time,
the sociopaths and bigots run wild
and even control the free expression of
opinions, ideas, and information.
It will be interesting to see if the Internet
will become a useful and positive "collective activity",
or if it will go the way of Citizen's Band radio.
I love your logic.
"All these mean people are picking on me because I'm a loudmouth
fruitcake. Therefore, the Internet is doomed to fail."
imminent death of usenet predicted
WE WANT THE AIRWAVES
THATS RIGHT
THATS RIGHT
arf meow arf - nsa fodder
al qaeda terrorism nuclear bomb iran taliban big brother
if you meet buddha on the usenet killfile him
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| User: "PD" |
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| Title: Re: Scientific American article on successful "collective activity" |
03 Jul 2007 03:11:53 PM |
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On Jun 30, 7:20 am, "Tom Potter" <tdp1...@yahoo.com> wrote:
As can be seen,
the Scientific American article quoted below,
confirms what most folks already know, that
"punishers must dominate to sustain the success of a collective activity."
No activity or enterprise can succeed
when the lazy, counter-productive, criminal and sociopathic
are permitted to run wild.
It is obvious.that more folks must take a stand against the sociopaths.
if the Internet is to succeed as a "collective activity".
At this point in time,
the sociopaths and bigots run wild
and even control the free expression of
opinions, ideas, and information.
It will be interesting to see if the Internet
will become a useful and positive "collective activity",
or if it will go the way of Citizen's Band radio.
So far it appears that the bigots and sociopaths are winning.
I guess the issue is who is to be appointed punisher. If you are self-
appointing to that role, then the "collective activity" would serve
itself well by finding a way to remove you from that, or for that
matter any other, role.
PD
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| User: "Tom Potter" |
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| Title: Re: Scientific American article on successful "collective activity" |
07 Jul 2007 08:09:31 AM |
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"PD" <TheDraperFamily@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1183493513.448090.100090@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
On Jun 30, 7:20 am, "Tom Potter" <tdp1...@yahoo.com> wrote:
As can be seen,
the Scientific American article quoted below,
confirms what most folks already know, that
"punishers must dominate to sustain the success of a collective
activity."
No activity or enterprise can succeed
when the lazy, counter-productive, criminal and sociopathic
are permitted to run wild.
It is obvious.that more folks must take a stand against the sociopaths.
if the Internet is to succeed as a "collective activity".
At this point in time,
the sociopaths and bigots run wild
and even control the free expression of
opinions, ideas, and information.
It will be interesting to see if the Internet
will become a useful and positive "collective activity",
or if it will go the way of Citizen's Band radio.
So far it appears that the bigots and sociopaths are winning.
I guess the issue is who is to be appointed punisher. If you are self-
appointing to that role, then the "collective activity" would serve
itself well by finding a way to remove you from that, or for that
matter any other, role.
As can be seen from his post, PD seems to think that
Art Deco, Bob Officer and their buddies in alt.kook
are best suited to be the "appointed punishers"
to insure the success of Internet as a "collective activity".
Now I suggest that folks who are interested in
the success of Internet as a "collective activity",
should Google a few of the posts by
PD's anonymous buddies and see if they think
that PD's buddies are qualified to be the censors of the Internet.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleid=788CF452-E7F2-99DF-3EBC599C3A9F1C6F
"Hauert and co-author Karl Sigmund, a mathematician at the International
Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg, Austria, devised a
mathematical model that determines how groups fare when collaborating on an
activity. They reasoned that within any such community, there would be three
types of individuals: cooperators, who do their fair share and are rewarded
for their effort; defectors, who beg off but still benefit from the others'
work; and punishers, who penalize the defectors.
After running multiple versions of their algorithm, with different variables
adjusted in each trial, the researchers discovered that the punishers must
dominate to sustain the success of a collective activity. But, ironically,
they discovered that the effort-be it cutting carbon emissions or hunting
bison-must be voluntary if punishers are to rule the roost."
--
Tom Potter
*** Time Magazine Person of the Year 2006 ***
*** May 2007 Anti-Bigot Award ***
http://home.earthlink.net/~tdp
http://tdp1001.googlepages.com/home
http://no-turtles.com
http://www.frappr.com/tompotter
http://photos.yahoo.com/tdp1001
http://spaces.msn.com/tdp1001
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tom-potter
http://tom-potter.blogspot.com
--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
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| User: "Art Deco" |
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| Title: Re: Scientific American article on successful "collective activity" |
03 Jul 2007 09:20:12 AM |
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Tom Potter <tdp1001@yahoo.com> wrote:
As can be seen,
the Scientific American article quoted below,
confirms what most folks already know, that
"punishers must dominate to sustain the success of a collective activity."
What? You forgot to put my name in this post, TommY. Are you ill?
--
Official Overseer of Kooks and Saucerheads for alt.astronomy
Trainer and leash holder of:
Honest "Clockbrain" John
nightbat "fro0tbat" of alt.astronomy
<http://www.caballista.org/auk/kookle.php?search=deco>
"You really are one of the litsiest people I know, Mr. Deco."
--Kali, quoted endlessly by David Tholen as evidence of "something"
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