In fishes, depending upon the degree of group responsiveness, the "swarm" behavior is usually referred to as "shoaling" (for somewhat loose associations) or "schooling" (in more tight-knit associations). Closely schooling fishes often feature a highly developed lateralis system for acute hydrodynamic sensory perception. The classic example is found in the herring family (clupeids) that completely lack the lateral line along the body customarily associated with fishes, but that have a complex system of lateralis pores and canals entirely concentrated in the head and face. However, I'm having a really hard time relating all this to lutes...unless we are about to consider the benefits of fish glue.
Tongue-in-cheekishly Eugene -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Franz Mechsner Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 6:45 AM To: wikla; Stewart McCoy Cc: Lute Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: Being too clever, knowing always "how it is"... There's a nice story about "always knowing for sure" and leadership, this time in some fishes. It's not only amazing that a swarm of fishes stays together but that - at least in some species - swarms may change direction almost synchronously, like a big swimming organism. Now the story: Researchers found out that, in a certain species of fish, there was always a "leader" in a swarm who's direction all of the others followed. Of course the obvious question arose: What makes the natural leader here? Is it a particuarly clever fish? Or a fish who knows instinctively what direction is the best ist most circumstances? The answer which turned out was: Fishes have a tendency to adjust their direction with that of their neighbors in the swarm. There is always one fish in a swarm who does NOT adjust to any other fish - thus his direction wins over any other direction in the end. So much for apparent knowledge for sure and natural leadership. F ---------------------------------------------------- Dr. Franz Mechsner Reader Northumbria University, Dept. of Psychology Northumberland Building Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST (UK) Tel: +44(0) 191 243 7479 __________________________________________________________________ Von: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu im Auftrag von wi...@cs.helsinki.fi Gesendet: Do 15.03.2012 11:22 An: Stewart McCoy Cc: Lute Net Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Being too clever, knowing always "how it is"... Dear Stewart, That was clever! :-)) Btw, the idea (and phenomenon) seems seems to be older: "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure, and the intelligent are full of doubt." (Bertrand Russell: "The Triumph of Stupidity" (10 May 1933) ) Best, Arto On 15/03/12 11:36, Stewart McCoy wrote: > Dear Arto, > > I'm not so sure. He may not be right. > > Best wishes, > > Stewart McCoy. > > -----Original Message----- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [[1]mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of Arto Wikla > Sent: 14 March 2012 22:13 > To: Lutelist List > Subject: [LUTE] Being too clever, knowing always "how it is"... > > Dear lutenists, > > after having read every now and then some quite strong opinions "how it > really is" here in our List, I cannot resist posting a perhaps slightly > OT message, but there is a great wisdom in a comment by Charles > Bukowski: > > "The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of > doubts while the stupid ones are full of confidence." > > Actually that is very pessimistic, but anyhow > > all the best, > > Arto > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
