Emergent behavior, or scripted?

[Douglas Roberts-2]

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[Victoria Hughes]

Has to be scripted because of the accuracy of the choreography, 

but does that matter one whit when you watch and feel the effects?

For the youtube without all the commercials, TV talking heads, etc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq6b9bMBXpg

The emergent behaviour really lies in our human response to watching - smilling, feeling better. 

Limbic resonance. Happy mammals. 

Good example of how/why we can develop other emergent phenomena.

Tory

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[James Steiner]

Scripted. People are not that inter-coordinated. At least, not until
we all get our hive-mind implants.

Also, they say at the very end of the video: PR stunt for Belgium reality show.

Even so, if it wasn't a PR stunt, I would have guessed it was an
Improv Anywhere mission, a cross between

http://improveverywhere.com/2008/01/31/frozen-grand-central/

and

http://improveverywhere.com/2008/03/09/food-court-musical/

Amazing stuff.

And as Victoria says,  the real emergent behavior is in the responses
of those for which the missions are performed.

~~James

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[Pamela McCorduck]

Another such video exists that took place at the Liverpool Street station in London. But this one tells all about the rehearsals of the principals, how it was set up, how the professionals worked to get passersby involved. As I recall, the choreography wasn't nearly so complicated, so passersby actually could join in. Or maybe the English, contrary to stereotype, are less inhibited than the Belgians.

On Apr 8, 2009, at 1:57 PM, James Steiner wrote:

Scripted. People are not that inter-coordinated. At least, not until
we all get our hive-mind implants.

Also, they say at the very end of the video: PR stunt for Belgium reality show.

Even so, if it wasn't a PR stunt, I would have guessed it was an
Improv Anywhere mission, a cross between

http://improveverywhere.com/2008/01/31/frozen-grand-central/

and

http://improveverywhere.com/2008/03/09/food-court-musical/

Amazing stuff.

And as Victoria says,  the real emergent behavior is in the responses
of those for which the missions are performed.

~~James

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http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/04/08/ac.shot.tues.cnn

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"To measure the abundance of positrons in cosmic rays, the team used data from the instrument PAMELA (Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics), which launched aboard a Russian satellite in June 2006. Unlike previous antimatter-hunting instruments, PAMELA can pinpoint not just the type of incoming particle but also its energy."

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[Robert J. Cordingley]

I get it! Railway stations are emergent phenomena of terpsichorean cultures.
Robert C

Pamela McCorduck wrote:

Another such video exists that took place at the Liverpool Street station in London. But this one tells all about the rehearsals of the principals, how it was set up, how the professionals worked to get passersby involved. As I recall, the choreography wasn't nearly so complicated, so passersby actually could join in. Or maybe the English, contrary to stereotype, are less inhibited than the Belgians.

On Apr 8, 2009, at 1:57 PM, James Steiner wrote:

Scripted. People are not that inter-coordinated. At least, not until
we all get our hive-mind implants.

Also, they say at the very end of the video: PR stunt for Belgium reality show.

Even so, if it wasn't a PR stunt, I would have guessed it was an
Improv Anywhere mission, a cross between

http://improveverywhere.com/2008/01/31/frozen-grand-central/

and

http://improveverywhere.com/2008/03/09/food-court-musical/

Amazing stuff.

And as Victoria says,  the real emergent behavior is in the responses
of those for which the missions are performed.

~~James

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Douglas Roberts [hidden email] wrote:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/04/08/ac.shot.tues.cnn

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"To measure the abundance of positrons in cosmic rays, the team used data from the instrument PAMELA (Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics), which launched aboard a Russian satellite in June 2006. Unlike previous antimatter-hunting instruments, PAMELA can pinpoint not just the type of incoming particle but also its energy."

WIRED Science

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