Sheep flocks alternate their leader and achieve collective intelligence

Re:Sheep flocks alternate their leader and achieve collectiv... by jasfi on Monday November 21, 2022 @09:11AM (#33692632)

But is the leader democratically elected?

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Re:Sheep flocks alternate their leader and achieve collectiv... by msworddebugger on Monday November 21, 2022 @09:31AM (#33692861)

Its a distributed consensus protocol

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Re:Sheep flocks alternate their leader and achieve collectiv... by TedDoesntTalk on Monday November 21, 2022 @10:06AM (#33693335)

Can the ledger be manipulated by bad actors?

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Re:Sheep flocks alternate their leader and achieve collectiv... by paulgb on Monday November 21, 2022 @10:13AM (#33693426)

Yes, it is not Byzantine fault tolerant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_in_sheep%27s_clothing

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Re:Sheep flocks alternate their leader and achieve collectiv... by benjaminwai on Monday November 21, 2022 @09:27AM (#33692812)

Must be, the flock votes with their feet.. umm hooves.

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Re:Sheep flocks alternate their leader and achieve collectiv... by aliqot on Monday November 21, 2022 @09:26AM (#33692790)

Baa Ram Ewe

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Re:Sheep flocks alternate their leader and achieve collectiv... by jasfi on Monday November 21, 2022 @04:01PM (#33697865)

Although I was somewhat joking, the animal world shows a surprising amount of intelligence most people assume isn't there. Mammals especially show a lot of social intelligence. I'm sure there will be many more such discoveries.

I also don't know why I was down-voted!

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