[GSlob]

Well, the complexity involved in these statistical calculations is so high [I am familiar with a few early attempts at sociological applications] that it is much simpler to ascribe [the results] to a supernatural component. But for those not buying into supernaturality "that people take leave of their autonomy in groups" is a perfectly predictable and explainable corollary of the perfectly natural laws. The larger the group, the more complex the math, and the simpler and more trivial the results. One could indeed use statistical thermodynamics here. Entropy tends to grow.

[the invisib1e hand]

the position that people are molecules is folly and denial.