Recent experiments by professors at the Universities of Oxford and Wales Bangor show that it may be natural for people to herd just like animals when they are in a crowd, as reported by The Telegraph (2/14/08) The scientists told volunteers to start walking around a large hall with no particular destination. Then they gave a few of the volunteers some directions on where to walk. It turns out that it took only 5% who seemed to be informed to sway the rest of the crowd of 200 people or more. "There are strong parallels with animal grouping behaviour," says Professor Jens Krause, who led the team of scientists.
..herding behavior in human beings .... is the study of how humans behave in groups within contexts of uncertainty....
Elliot Wave Theorist 2/17/08
Monday, February 18, 2008
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I think this explains a lot about society. So the trend in bad pop music has to do with genetics and JUST poor taste. I can dig it....Yeah man, neuroscience....
ReplyDeleteNOT JUST poor taste....
ReplyDeleteBad taste is the basic condition from where we all start. The word 'vulgar' means common, with the implication that what is common is tasteless.
ReplyDeleteGood taste comes only with training and experience. Not all of us are so lucky to have the time to savor in the subtle differences of music or wine or food or art.