ICYMI: Decoder Ring: What’s Really Going On Inside a Mosh Pit?
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The Power of Motion in Moshpits
The movement in the pit reminded Jesse of how groups of fish swim collectively and how birds flock. He and his colleagues thought Newton's second law of motion might be an effective way to look at Moshpits. This computer model predicted that when you get people bouncing off each other, slamming and pogoing and skanking, a circle will likely start to emerge. The kind of motion they were quantifying was all the jostling and bouncing and banging around people before a circle starts to take shape.
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