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On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 9:42 AM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5 May 2014 16:16, Samiya Illias <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 3:24 AM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yes, good point. It seems likely to me that people would notice that >>> there was a queen bee who laid all the eggs, and perhaps make some >>> assumptions based on that. If they noticed that the queen started as a >>> normal worker but was fed special stuff to make her into the queen... well, >>> people weren't stupid in those days! (Just badly informed on many matters).. >>> >>> In the interests of full disclosure, I should also quote the Bible. >>> >>> Proverbs <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Proverbs>, Chapter 6, >>> verse 6: "Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider *her *ways, and be >>> wise". >>> >> >> [Quran 27:18] Till, when they reached the Valley of the Ants, an (female) >> ant exclaimed: O ants! Enter your dwellings lest Solomon and his armies >> crush you, unperceiving. >> > > If scientists discover that ants can speak, you will definitely be onto > something! > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant#Communication Ants communicate with each other using pheromones, sounds, and touch... Some ants produce sounds by stridulation, using the gaster segments and their mandibles. Sounds may be used to communicate with colony members or with other species. link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs002650050292 ... The results support the hypothesis that leaf-cutting ant workers stridulate during cutting in order to recruit nestmates, and that the observed mechanical facilitation of stridulation is an epiphenomenon of recruitment communication. > >>> Worker ants are indeed female... and they too have queens... but as you >>> say Samiya needs to show that this couldn't be ascertained, or reasonably >>> assumed, by ancient people before he makes any claims about it being >>> provided by divine inspiration (which I assume is his aim). >>> >> >> I believe the scriptures were revealed by Divine decree. By sharing >> verses of scientific relevance from the Quran, I hope to establish that it >> is factually correct, and without any human errors, so that anyone who >> wishes may include it in their quest for scientific knowledge. >> > > In my opinion we have a long way to go on this front. > >> >> Do my posts give an impression of being from a man, or do you also employ >> the general style of the Quran, of speaking in the male tense about living >> things, unless specifically speaking about a female? Not that I mind, but >> in the interest of being factually correct, the feminine pronoun will be >> more appropriate when referring to Samiya :) >> >> Oops, sorry. Most of the people who post here are male (or I should say, > they have male names and / or avatars :) so I tend to assume people on this > forum are male unless told otherwise. > > (PS - You have won the Turing Test, or is it the imitation game? You > probably know the one I mean?) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
