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I think they are very smart. They just don't really understand the solar system. And i think it is difficult for them to do.
by hyperliner 12y ago
I think they are very smart. They just don't really understand the solar system. And i think it is difficult for them to do.
- prawn 12y ago"They just don't really understand the solar system. And i think it is difficult for them to do." You could say that about many humans too right now, and certainly all humans up until the last however many years.
- hyperliner 12y agoExactly my original point, but referencing those ants who think they know the solar system.
- mtdewcmu 12y agoHow can you tell? If ants were able to understand the solar system, would you expect them to behave differently?
- hyperliner 12y agoThey would know I exist, and that I would massacre them every time they set foot on my yard, with my advanced chemical weapons of mass ant destruction. But they keep coming, and dying. They don't seem to be aware of me, let alone the solar system.
- LesZedCB 12y agoAn ant as an individual is smart enough to recognize food and bring it back, do basic social behaviors. However, the real intelligence of ants is emergent from the entire colony. http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detail/Collective-Intelligence-in-Ant-Colonies http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detail/Collective-Inte...