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Why aren't we teaching our scientists and engineers in a similar fashion then?
by infinitesimal 14y ago
Why aren't we teaching our scientists and engineers in a similar fashion then?
- gawker 14y agoMaybe we because we don't know better. Or we're happy to think that complexity makes us feel as if we're smart. But these days, scientists and engineers are looking at mother nature for examples: http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-08/13-year-old-designs-breakthrough-solar-array-based-fibonacci-sequence http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-08/13-year-old... While there's rebuttal about why the solution above won't work: http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/thinking-tech/why-13-year-olds-solar-power-8216breakthrough-wont-work/8261 http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/thinking-tech/why-13-year-ol... It's still gives us some perspective and thought of how nature restructures things in a certain way. We could possibly build on that. Ant traffic is handled by several simple rules. Maybe there's something we can learn from them too? We're already considering the removal of traffic lights - initially thought to help manage traffic flow. Do we necessarily need to manage them? Maybe.. maybe not.