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Terrorism and the emergence of Stand alone complex behavior
- executesorder66 10y agoReally interesting article. I always love it when concepts from fiction become real. I was expecting a Ghost in the Shell refrence, and was not disappointed.
- nmc 10y agoInteresting read, although some claims are thrown in without any source or justification whatsoever. Still, I almost feel like the reference to Ghost in the Shell is simply an excuse to insert the Laughing Man logo at the end. From the Wikipedia page linked to in the article: What separates the Stand Alone Complex from normal copycat behavior is that there is no real originator of the copied action, but merely a rumor or an illusion that supposedly performed the copied action. There may be real people who are labeled as the originator, but in reality, no one started the original behavior. According to the above, I am not sure the "recent terrorist acts of seemingly disconnected individual" mentioned in the article actually qualify as Stand Alone Complex.
- a_imho 10y ago>Recently terrorist acts of seemingly disconnected individual started to rise Granted there were 3 internationally high publicity terrorist acts in Europe recently, I think there is an element of confirmation bias in that statement.