Quick, somebody call David Chalmers!
On Aug 15, 2014, at 9:25 AM, Eric Charles wrote: > Weird that they want to call it "personality" instead of more simply saying > that ant colonies seem to adapt to their local environment. Of course, the > flashiness of the claim is the only reason it is being covered on the BBC, so > I guess it isn't that weird after all. > > > ----------- > Eric P. Charles, Ph.D. > Lab Manager > Center for Teaching, Research, and Learning > American University, Hurst Hall Room 203A > 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. > Washington, DC 20016 > phone: (202) 885-3867 fax: (202) 885-1190 > email: [email protected] > > > On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Gillian Densmore <[email protected]> > wrote: > A few swarm inteligence from the 90s described that. Scott Kelly's "Fast > Cheap and Out of Controll" touched on that. In his case they knew ants (and > often uncles) could pass around experience- and displayed something simillar > to hummans sense of experience they didn't have a explination. Then again his > forray into science was from the 90s. > > > On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 9:01 AM, Tom Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > So who is going to integrate this into the sugar model? > > http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28658268 > > =================================== > Tom Johnson - Inst. for Analytic Journalism > Santa Fe, NM > [email protected]. 505-473-9646 > =================================== > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
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