Saturday, May 4, 2013

What do social psychology, physics, and mosh pits have in common?

What do social psychology, physics, and mosh pits have in common?

Check out this NPR article and find out!

Mosh Pit Math: Physicists Analyze Rowdy Crowd



The bottom line?

The new mosh pit research could be interesting for another reason. In emergencies people panic, and the movement rules they follow change. Mosh pits might provide clues about the new rules.
"We hope that this will provide a lens into looking at other extreme situations such as riots and protests and escape panic," Bierbaum says.

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