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In Chap. 11 it has been pointed out that interacting humans can be modeled as coupled pattern formation systems. From this point of view, the evolution of “societies” is an issue of many body physics. In particular, when taking such a many body physics perspective it follows that mass “behavior” as well as opinions and beliefs that emerge in “societies” follow deterministic laws.
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Frank, T. (2019). Ethics “Beyond” Physics. In: Determinism and Self-Organization of Human Perception and Performance. Springer Series in Synergetics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28821-1_12
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