That&#x27;s really interesting. I presumed that Braess&#x27; paradox was as a result of the overhead of competition but this demonstration doesn&#x27;t seem to model that.<p>I presume in the demonstration you&#x27;re describing the central rope was not partially elasticated as the other two? (as demonstrated in the two videos)<p>Does Braess&#x27; paradox apply if the central rope <i>is</i> elasticated? Does it apply for a parallel route also or just for a route that joins to existing series routes?<p>I think if it&#x27;s just a joining link then the effect could be modelled in signal theory as the result of partial feedback. Still no idea how the experiment works though :-)