>I wrote a program (trying to duplicate boids) that showed that with a
>very few rules, I could get boids to fly in a V -- is that what is
>actually happening in real life? Is the V that migrating birds form a
>result of an algorithm or what?
>
>tedd

Probably not just one thing. As we examine things in detail, other almost
apparently unrelated details and inconsistencies appear. You have to go
Meta in order to understand them, or you approach the problem from the Meta
then suss out the detail. Hence Tedds Meta Analyzer.

Peter