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Alternative maps of the world of collective behaviors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2014

Robert J. MacCoun
Robert J. MacCoun*
Affiliation:
Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-7320. maccoun@berkeley.eduhttp://conium.org/~maccoun/
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Abstract

I compare the collective behavior map proposed by Bentley et al. (“BOB” for short) with a similar “balance of pressures” (BOP) map proposed by MacCoun (2012). The BOB and BOP maps have important points of convergence, but also some differences. The comparison suggests that they are analogous to different map “projections” for maps of Earth – different ways of simplifying a complex reality.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , February 2014 , pp. 88 - 90
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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