Cambridge Physicists Devise Working Scientific Model for Successful Revolutions
Overthrow the establishment using empirically-derived strategies Researchers at the University of Cambridge have come up with a model for overtaking the majority leadership in any competitive field. But instead of studying psychology or sociology to derive his conclusion, Hai-Tao Zhang has used a model based entirely from physics. The conclusion is fairly simple: that to best achieve a shift in leadership, the "revolutionary" faction must distribute its leaders in such a way to gain the most followers over the shortest amount of time. Whether it be in politics, business or other aspects of society, Zhang and his colleagues see their model as a universal theorem--a recipe, if you will, for grassroots efforts to have a chance against the machine. The interesting part is that it's all based on physical models that govern individual entities' behavior in relation to a larger group (called flocking), the specifics of which are, I'm not afraid to...