[HN Gopher] Out-of-Sync 'Loners' May Secretly Protect Orderly Sw...
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       Out-of-Sync 'Loners' May Secretly Protect Orderly Swarms
        
       Author : pseudolus
       Score  : 66 points
       Date   : 2020-05-22 09:32 UTC (13 hours ago)
        
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       | gojomo wrote:
       | Sheepdogs & sheep herds?
        
       | lookdangerous wrote:
       | It's a noble function...
        
         | darkerside wrote:
         | That must be performed periodically...
        
       | gator555 wrote:
       | Reject all forms of identity politics...
        
       | reedwolf wrote:
       | Someone's gonna make a metaheuristic algorithm out of this
       | insight. Probably call it "Swarm Sentinel Search" or something.
        
       | nitrogen wrote:
       | I've always felt that the oddballs and outcasts among us are like
       | the sentinels or vanguards of society. They detect problems
       | before the majority and try to warn others. It's a painful and
       | unappreciated role, exemplified by one of the major alien
       | characters in Greg Egan's book _Incandescence_.
        
         | thrower123 wrote:
         | Cranks on Twitter are a fantastic early warning system. You
         | start to suspect that people who actually do know things are
         | behind the racist beagles or the shitposting norse god
         | avatars...
        
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