What ants teach us about the brain, cancer and the Internet
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May 13, 2014
Today's TED Talk
Deborah Gordon: What ants teach us about the
brain, cancer and the Internet
14:09 minutes · Filmed Mar 2014 · Posted May 2014
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Ecologist Deborah Gordon studies ants wherever
she can find them -- in the desert, in the tropics, in her kitchen ... In this
fascinating talk, she explains her obsession with insects most of us would
happily swat away without a second thought. She argues that ant life provides a
useful model for learning about many other topics, including disease,
technology and the human brain.
By studying how ant colonies work without any one
leader, Deborah Gordon has identified striking similarities in how ant
colonies, brains, cells and computer networks regulate themselves.
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