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[deleted] t1_ixdk5ya wrote

Reply to comment by DrJGH in Sheep flocks operate as a type of ‘collective intelligence’ and elect temporary leaders to guide them while moving. The fluidity of this process is extremely surprising. by nimobo

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Spepsium t1_ixdncxt wrote

The classic platonic division. Everyone's monster is attracted to what's salient while their inner man is overwhelmed

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Numismatists t1_ixdtmdk wrote

Bread & Circus while the Ecosphere collapses.

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elralpho t1_ixevst1 wrote

The sheep would never have let it get this bad...

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bishpa t1_ixfekq8 wrote

Pink Floyd covered all this.

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badger81987 t1_ixeyytm wrote

A flock of sheep also has alot less members than even a small town. They are all far more familiar and thus trusting with all members than basically any human community can be

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caulrye t1_ixf4lm4 wrote

100s of millions of sheep aren’t moving in a flock together. The scale is very different.

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BTBLAM t1_ixfwu1p wrote

I would say the sheep are distracted and are just following what’s in front of them

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