Swarm Intelligence

Symbols in Trees and Networks

Though we are asserting that the source of human intelligence is to be

found in the connections between individuals, we would not argue that

no processing goes on within them. Clearly there is some ordering of in-

formation, some arranging of facts and opinions in such a way as to pro-

duce a feeling of certainty or knowing. We could argue (and later will de-

velop the argument) that the feeling of certainty itself is a social artifact,

based on the sense that the individual could, if asked, explain or act on

some facts in a socially acceptable—that is, consistent—way. But first we

will consider some of the ways that theorists ...