Alternative maps of the world of collective behaviors

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.

Balancing evidence and norms in cultural evolution

“…I do so by extending the BOP (''burden of proof'') family of logistic threshold models (MacCoun, 2012(MacCoun, , 2014, in two ways. First, I present a model of ''strength in arguments'' (aBOP) that closely parallels the structure of the bBOP model of ''strength in numbers''.…”