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@vjoshuaadams I remember reading this as a grad student and wanting so much to fight with it. Now the analysis seems so much more impressive, even if the polemic still leaves me cold.

@pauline I, too, want to fight it but it is very clarifying

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Basic models of flocking behavior are controlled by three simple rules: 1) separation: avoid crowding neighbours (short range repulsion); 2) alignment: steer towards average heading of neighbors; 3) cohesion: steer towards average position of neighbors (long range attraction). With these three simple rules, the flock moves in an extremely realistic way.