That's nifty. The robots are working together like ants in a colony,
with some specialization in roles. The capability of the whole swarm is
greater than that of the individual.
In my opinion, a colony of ants or bees should be though of as a single
biological entity, like an animal body.
An
But there is a crucial difference between dividing in organs and in
different individuals which is the ability to reach resources. A colony of
cells cannot do much other dividing tasks among themselves but it cannot
reach anything beyond its volume or it must count on passively on the
ecosystem's
Daniel Rocha wrote:
But there is a crucial difference between dividing in organs and in
different individuals which is the ability to reach resources. A
colony of cells cannot do much other dividing tasks among themselves
but it cannot reach anything beyond its volume or it must count on
Indeed, this is fertile ground for speculative fiction, especially
science fiction. One author I particularly admire, an author who has
thought a great deal about the ramifications Daniel and Jed point out,
particularly how it might play out on the level of human hive
consciousness, is Joe
What I wanted to say it is that a hive can extend itself for hundreds of
meters or kilometers simultaneously.
Daniel Rocha wrote:
But there is a crucial difference between dividing in organs and in
different individuals which is the ability to reach resources. A colony of
cells cannot do much
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 4:36 PM, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
svj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote:
The novel is called the The Forever War.
This is similar to the Ender's Game series without the happy ending
for the invading hive mind species:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender's_Game
T
From Terry:
The novel is called the The Forever War.
This is similar to the Ender's Game series without the happy ending
for the invading hive mind species:
Thanks Terry,
I've been meaning to read Orson Scott Card's Ender Game novels. I know
there's a long series of Sagas pertaining to
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