Ant intelligence
May 20, 2003 1:49 AM   Subscribe

Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
Yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest. -- (proverbs 6:6-8)
posted by jamespake (10 comments total)
 
And for those who prefer title tags:

Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
Yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest. -- (Proverbs 6:6-8)
posted by jamespake at 1:54 AM on May 20, 2003


swarm theory-
I sense a new meme here. Remember when fractals were gonna solve all our problems?
alife?
virtual reality?
Chaos?
game theory?
Now is the time to write one of those damn feelgood business strategy paperbacks and get rich.

sweet post.
posted by pekar wood at 3:50 AM on May 20, 2003


PsalmFilter???
posted by alumshubby at 3:59 AM on May 20, 2003


I'm not taking a single step until I find a Stephen Wolfram passage on ants...
posted by Dagobert at 4:52 AM on May 20, 2003


O.K. books have been written. Smart Mobs, Nexus, Emergence, Butterfly Economics, Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity, Sync, are among the easy reading titles I found in a brief search.
posted by pekar wood at 5:58 AM on May 20, 2003


Great post; great presentation, jamespake! The 2nd version with title tags is a good idea. Dipping from link to link, carrying one tidbit to the next, you made me into a happy little ant myself. Thanks!
posted by MiguelCardoso at 5:58 AM on May 20, 2003


Before getting too antsy, see http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0520ants20.html
posted by Postroad at 7:14 AM on May 20, 2003


Great post, brilliantly presented -- thanks, jamespake!
posted by languagehat at 8:46 AM on May 20, 2003


Re:ants as meme, what year did Godel Escher Bach come out?

[this is good]
posted by notsnot at 8:49 AM on May 20, 2003


Yes, well these damn little buggers look pretty interesting in your post, but I found them somewhat less fascinating when they decided to swarm my kitchen this winter! Just never expected them in blizzard season.

Great post jamespake - imaginatively presented & good info. Maybe I will learn something in case they ever decide to revisit.
posted by madamjujujive at 3:39 PM on May 20, 2003


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