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Book Summary based on Terry Sampson's summary of Philip Ball's May 2024 Royal Society presentation. A causal loop scaffolding using Gene Bellinger's mc and mr AI prompts for Gemini added in Jan2026. See also Philip Ball's article summary insight and youtube video metaphors discussion with Daniel Nicholson

How Life Works Book Summary

Geoff McDonnell

12 hours ago

To investigate how sika deer (Cervus nippon), hunters and beech forest interact over time and how hunting and food availability influence deer population dynamics.

Sika deer were introduced to New Zealand for game hunting in the early 1900s. Their population later increased to hundreds of thousands, causing significant damage to farming and forest ecosystems. They browse on the forest floor and understory vegetation, reducing forest regeneration and affecting ecological succession. Without any known natural predators, their population can grow rapidly.

clone 6.1

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AfterVoltrix

Azyan Ahmed

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BeforeVoltrix

Azyan Ahmed

13 hours ago

Moving Medicine

samia khan

13 hours ago

Capital Expense Without Savings

Muhammad Hassan Shahid

13 hours ago

Sources:

1. http://www.bees.techno-science.ca/english/bees/pollination/default.php

2. http://elitedaily.com/news/world/humans-need-bees-to-survive/755737/

3. http://www.globalresearch.ca/death-and-extinction-of-the-bees/5375684

4. http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/the-disappearing-bees-and-what-you-can-do-to-help/

5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_collapse_disorder

6. Model design idea from Rik https://insightmaker.com/insight/75089/2017-03-17-Idea-for-Simran

Extension: Category A #7 Reinforcing feedback. An illustrative pollinator-dependent flowering habitat loop: Bees -> Pollination -> Plant Growth -> Flowering Plants -> Food Availability -> Bee Births -> Bees. Intervention is protected native habitat restoration (ON/OFF). Parameters are illustrative indices, not calibrated real-world data.

Bee Habitat Restoration - Reinforcing Feedback - ON

Syeda Fatima Alam

13 hours ago

final model

Arshi

13 hours ago

Sources:

1. http://www.bees.techno-science.ca/english/bees/pollination/default.php

2. http://elitedaily.com/news/world/humans-need-bees-to-survive/755737/

3. http://www.globalresearch.ca/death-and-extinction-of-the-bees/5375684

4. http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/the-disappearing-bees-and-what-you-can-do-to-help/

5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_collapse_disorder

6. Model design idea from Rik https://insightmaker.com/insight/75089/2017-03-17-Idea-for-Simran

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Shifa Imran

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Jo

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ruqa

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Pablo Mercau

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Kehkashan

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Muizenpopulatie 2

Dorrith Pennink

14 hours ago

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Ryan Martinkat

14 hours ago

simple

ek0

14 hours ago

Manual Audit delay

Ammar Rehman

14 hours ago

Stock-and-flow model of Pakistan's doctor pipeline (year 0 = 2025). Calibrated to: 385,259 registered doctors (PMDC, via Nukta, Feb 2026); 22,000 new registrations a year (PMDC, via The News, Feb 2026); about 4,000 doctors emigrating in 2025 (Gallup Pakistan, from Bureau of Emigration data); 12.5% of emigrants return (PIDE KB 102 says 10-15%). Loop gain (0.20) and shock size (2 points for 2 years) are assumptions. Reinforcing loop: fewer doctors raises workplace strain, which raises emigration. Intervention (Category A, leverage point 7): a retention package cuts the loop gain from 0.20 to 0.05. Retention Policy slider: 0 = before, 1 = after.

Pakistan Doctor Brain Drain - Reinforcing Loop (Leverage Point 7)

Arshi

14 hours ago

Climate Change

Jo

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samia khan

14 hours ago

Module 6 Cat A before

Hadi Abbas

14 hours ago

One Pending Work stock. BEFORE: Dashboard Enabled=0 and Rules Enabled=0. AFTER: both=1. Same workload and daily capacity. Category B #6 Information Flows with supporting #5 Rules. A dashboard shows pending work plus estimated next-week work. A midpoint progress check carries a proposed 5% of assignment marks. Its behavioral effect is assumed, not measured; marks and individual submissions are not simulated. Continuous numerical work-hours and repeating seven-day deadlines approximate real tasks. Pressure is capacity-days, not psychological stress.

Semester Deadline Crunch: Dashboard and Rules

Arshi

14 hours ago

Module 6 Cat B after

Hadi Abbas

14 hours ago

Module 6 Cat B before

Hadi Abbas

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