TED: The mathematics of war | Sean Gourley

The video explores the analysis of conflict data from various global conflicts, revealing a surprising mathematical pattern in the distribution of attack sizes. The speaker discusses the process of collecting and analyzing data from multiple sources, leading to the discovery of a consistent pattern across different conflicts. This pattern, characterized by a mathematical distribution with a slope of alpha equals 2.5, suggests a common organizational structure in insurgencies. The video concludes with a discussion on the implications of these findings for understanding and potentially resolving conflicts.

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