Louis B. Rosenberg

"A poll will give you the most popular answer but not the answer that optimizes the preference of a group."

"You have the sense of touch because you need it."

"We take the sense of touch for granted. Think about it: Without it, you're missing one of the basic senses that enables you to interact with the world."

"The reason that fish form schools, birds form flocks, and bees form swarms is that they are smarter together than they would be apart. They don't take a vote; they don't take a poll: they form a system. They are all interactive and make a decision together in real time."

"How does nature amplify the intelligence of groups? It forms swarms."

"Forcing polarized groups into a swarm allows them to find the answer that most people are satisfied with"

"Beyond individual intelligence, nature has also cultivated intelligence through swarms. For example, bees, birds and fish act in a more intelligent way when acting together as a swarm, flock or school"

"Taking a vote or poll is a great simple way to take a decision, but it doesn't help a group find consensus. It actually polarizes people and highlights the differences between them. People end up getting entrenched in their views."

"We focus on a unique form of artificial intelligence called artificial swarm intelligence"