The Babel Project

Minus van Baalen & Vincent A.A. Jansen

A Quicktime movie of a spatial simulation with two signals. The language used by the occupant is indicated by colour (red or blue); its intention by the thickness of the line segment (thin: cheat, thick: honest). Empty sites are white.

A QuickTime movie

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In the following two simulations it is only indicated which language(s) are spoken (red, blue) but not with which intent. In one simulation, the temptation to cheat is high whereas in the other it is absent.

A QuickTime movie Another QuickTime movie

Is the difference in the spatiotemporal pattern obvious if one doesn't have information about the signallers' intentions? I expected it to be, but, hmm...


Last update Sinterklaas, 2001 by Minus