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> "Ants have discovered an algorithm that we know well, and they've been doing it for millions of years," Prabhakar said. Isn't it more like we discovered an a
by waiwai933 14y ago
> "Ants have discovered an algorithm that we know well, and they've been doing it for millions of years," Prabhakar said.
Isn't it more like we discovered an algorithm that they know well, considering that they came up with it first?
- devgutt 14y agoHe complements afterwards: Prabhakar said that had this discovery been made in the 1970s, before TCP was written, harvester ants very well could have influenced the design of the Internet.
- leeoniya 14y agowas about to comment on that, too
- ars 14y agoI'm not convinced ants actually know anything. Just like we don't know how our brains work despite living inside them, ants don't know why they do things.