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Ants Are Cool but Teach Us Nothing
- Nzen 12y agotl;dr Edward O Wilson reports on the alien-ness of ants. He describes the limited role of males, the disposability of elder/injured ants, and their biological differentiation by role. The title is more geared toward "teach us nothing about how to structure our society."
- bmh100 12y agoA bit off topic to the nature of the article, but regarding the title, ants have inspired the Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm. ftp://iridia.ulb.ac.be/pub/mdorigo/conferences/IC.06-ECAL92.pdf