Swarm Intelligence

across members of a population, can create a society or culture whose

power and accomplishments far exceed the sum of the parts, just as low-

level rules in the Game of Life result in complex higher-level dynamic

patterns and patterns of patterns.

On a related note, human self-presentation is biased in order to dis-

play the self—to yourself as well as to others—in a positive light. We note

the similarity between this human tendency and the particle swarm reli-

ance on communication and memory of successes. Most function evalu-

ations in a particle swarm trial are forgotten instantly, but the best ones

are saved and dwelt upon, much as people dwell