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    Diogenes of Babylon posted an update 4 years, 7 months ago

    Networks of Twin Peaks: the Dale Cooper Effect

    “In this work, we analyse character networks in the cult TV show Twin Peaks. In the small-scale community network of Twin Peaks we discovered a new storytelling network phenomenon we called the Dale Cooper Effect, a phase transition in network structure. It is a sharp demarcation between the two statistically and topologically distinct networks of characters, where the point of demarcation is the protagonist himself (Special Agent Dale Cooper) introduced as a median character.”

    https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.09516

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      Horsey replied 4 years, 7 months ago

      Thank you, I love this!! HUGE David Lynch fan, discovered Twin Peaks just recently, and have been fascinated with Lynch’s approach to creativity via transcendental meditation. After watching the majority of his works, I am convinced he is channeling some sort of surreal archetypal origin story of the good vs evil theme we see playin out in our current world today.