The Ouija board effect: minor amplitude but consistently aligned phenomena lead to significant movement of the collective, as if by magic.

  • The Ouija board effect: minor amplitude but consistently aligned phenomena lead to significant movement of the collective, as if by magic.
    • Micro phenomena with consistent bias leads to macro phenomena that emerge as if by magic.
    • This is the distinctive name I should use consistently for the "consistent bias at scale stands out from noise" effect I'm obsessed with.
    • Magnetism is another example
      • When the alignment of the fields of all of the atoms line up, a massive macro phenomenon emerges.
    • This name gets at that emergence feels like spooky magic.

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