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Tuesday, June 23, 2015
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Baboons & Crowdsourcing
By Jack Brummet. Homo sapien and Ape Ed.
Bill Clinton says in six figure speeches that we all need to work together like “the great [naturally] cooperating species ants, termites, bees, and people.”
University of California/Davis researchers would add baboons to the list. They tracked a troop to see how they decided to go one way instead of another, and discovered that, rather than rely on an alpha male or the head silverback, they navigated by popular opinion..e.g., they crowdsourced the right direction.
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Drawing: Faces #1137
By Jack Brummet
[Pencil, graphite, Sharpie, acrylic paint on 1' x 3' wood panel - click images to enlarge]
[Pencil, graphite, Sharpie, acrylic paint on 1' x 3' wood panel - click images to enlarge]
Detail:
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This book includes events that some readers may find disturbing, or, warnings for sensitive readers
The Washington Post reported last month that four Columbia University students have complained that courses in Greek mythology and Roman poetry need trigger warnings (advance notice to sensitive students that history may include narratives of disturbing events.
Or, "This book includes events that some readers may find disturbing."
Or, "This book includes events that some readers may find disturbing."
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