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E.O. Wilson comes up when you get into the "actor model"[0], especially with this quote: >“A colony of ants is more than just an aggregate of insects that are
by Jugurtha 5y ago
E.O. Wilson comes up when you get into the "actor model"[0], especially with this quote:
>“A colony of ants is more than just an aggregate of insects that are living together. One ant is no ant.”
Many publications and articles on the topic of actors reference it at some point.
- [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor_model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor_model
- mindcrime 5y agoSee also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigmergy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigmergy
- reactspa 5y agoCan someone please help clarify why Sociobiology is so controversial? He was called a racist for applying it to humans.
- Barrin92 5y agobecause any sort of material, sociological or biological account of human society runs into a wall of Enlightenment-era type individualism and people don't like that. I mean in terms of people using it to advance some kind of racial politics it's actually obvious why it's offensive but one of the funnier E.O. Wilson moments I recall is a Youtube video where one commenter accused him of promoting communism by means of teaching about eusociality in ants.