Re: [FRIAM] Modeling and Simulation

2007-05-25 Thread Phil Henshaw
I've been seeing stunningly excellent work at the NetSci conference, people using the evolving network paradigm for modeling systems. The one structure these models (and also the dynamic system models I've studied) need to make them topologically similar to natural systems, is for links between

Re: [FRIAM] [WedTech] Teachers drop the Holocaust to avoid offendingMuslims|theDaily Mail

2007-05-25 Thread Bill Eldridge
Nicholas Thompson wrote: Bill, thanks for your many clarifications. I apologize for my crappy memory. Two weeks ago, we were sitting around a family party chatting and watching two little kids roughhousing. They were behaving just on the edge of dangerous, and any one of the adults in the

Re: [FRIAM] [WedTech] Teachers drop the Holocaust to avoid offending Muslims|the Daily Mail

2007-05-25 Thread Matthew Francisco
On 5/24/07, Nicholas Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Carl, > > I am trying to get my Psych 101 in order: Was the kitty genovese incident > the one that led to that horrendous series of experiments that demonstrate > that if you give people a shock console (or what they THINK is a shock > con

Re: [FRIAM] future of complexity theory

2007-05-25 Thread PPARYSKI
Following our FRIAM discussion this morning, I would like to suggest that there might be two foci for the future of complexity theory (CT): -refining CT and creating a more formal, yet user friendly, framework or tool; -using CT to promote progressive social and political change (as Owen said

Re: [FRIAM] Kitty Genovese

2007-05-25 Thread Carl Tollander
Yah, Latane and Darley is/are the main reference for the Bobbit chapter C. Nicholas Thompson wrote: > here is the straight poop from my colleague Jim Laird. > > Nick > > Nicholas S. Thompson > Research Associate, Redfish Group, Santa Fe, NM ([EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Re: [FRIAM] Modeling and Simulation

2007-05-25 Thread Owen Densmore
It certainly has a lot of stars in the graph/network world. BTW: You may want to look at the latest netlogo 4.0 beta. It has standardized on network links .. i.e. edges of graphs. It really reduces the effort to make social network studies, for example. -- Owen On May 25, 2007, at 12