Fear Factor
Quote of the day, from a friend doing some research into how fear travels in social groups by way of mathematical modeling:
So, in this simulation, the “agents” are these little things that, at the moment, look like little chess pieces. I want them to move around on a board and collide into each other and exchange information. The problem is that the minute they run into another piece, they fall over and can’t get up.
Strangely appropriate.
Rainmaker wrote:
“Fear is the mind killer. I will face my fear, i will let it pass through me.”
Mass hysteria is a strange thing to me, you’ll have to tell me what your friend finds out :)
Posted 27 Mar 2003 at 12:56 pm ¶
gd wrote:
“I must not fear. Fear is the mindkiller. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will allow it to pass over and through me, and when it is gone I will turn the inner eye to see it’s path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
skulking on message boards and coincidentally just finished re-reading dune….
Posted 22 Aug 2003 at 3:04 pm ¶