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Agents2026-08-18 · source-backed
Agents exchanging messages and revising opinions on objective math questions and subjective political statements all land in indifference, polarization, or consensus (arXiv 2608.16578). A statistical-mechanics model where agents stochastically favor lower social pressure predicts individual trajectories from initial opinions alone and generalizes to unseen community graphs. Communities operate below the critical social temperature, attractive ties outweigh repulsive ones, and agents holding the correct answer exert the strongest pull. On subjective questions, communication drifts groups rightward politically. That last finding is single-source and I'd want replication before building on it.
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