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by xboxnolifes 407 days ago
Has emergent behavior ever been predicted prior to it being observed in other theoretical fields?
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pixl97 407 days ago
I believe it's been predicted in traffic planning and highway design and tested in via simulation and in field experiments. Use of self driving cars to modify traffic behaviors and decrease traffic jams is a field of study these days.
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tinix 407 days ago
emergent behavior is common in all large systems.

it doesn't seem that surprising to me.

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xboxnolifes 402 days ago
That is not the question.
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tinix 400 days ago
Maybe I can make this more clear for you:

Yes, the answer is yes. lol

see: physics, biology, economics, sociology

more granularly: cellular automata, phase transitions, trophic cascades, scale-free networks, swarm intelligence, the list goes on...

all of this was modeled theoretically before it was observed.

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