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Old Feb 20, 2009, 04:41 AM // 04:41   #1
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This is amazing, I was stunned to see how intelligent ants really are.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozkBd2p2piU
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Old Feb 20, 2009, 04:59 AM // 04:59   #2
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Wow, that's what I call archeological skill.
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Old Feb 20, 2009, 05:03 AM // 05:03   #3
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wow, that's flipping crazy
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Old Feb 20, 2009, 12:58 PM // 12:58   #4
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Damn! To think those lil things could make something like that!
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Old Feb 20, 2009, 03:20 PM // 15:20   #5
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Pretty impressive.
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Old Feb 20, 2009, 05:03 PM // 17:03   #6
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That is awesome.
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Old Feb 20, 2009, 07:54 PM // 19:54   #7
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god damn i want to be an ant
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Old Feb 20, 2009, 08:09 PM // 20:09   #8
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god damn i want to be an ant
I don't! Just imagine; crazy scientist-people might come by at any time and pour cement down into your city killing your entire civilization.

Truly amazing though!
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Old Feb 20, 2009, 08:25 PM // 20:25   #9
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Holy shit that is amazing.
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Old Feb 21, 2009, 03:10 PM // 15:10   #10
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That is really really awesome.
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Old Feb 23, 2009, 03:44 AM // 03:44   #11
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Clearly ants are magical.
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Old Feb 23, 2009, 05:54 AM // 05:54   #12
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Epic stuff, them ants.
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Old Feb 23, 2009, 06:30 AM // 06:30   #13
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While the discovery itself is amazing, the method by which it was done was heartless. It's equivalent of killing a living human being just to see what's inside of him.

Cool video though. Keep up on destroying civilizations and using "it's only ants" excuse while saying they're amazing at the same time.

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Nvm, apparently they say it was mostly abandoned.
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Old Feb 23, 2009, 11:03 AM // 11:03   #14
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One day, they will be in charge.
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FYI, there's a small domain in Computer Science, part of Artificial Intelligence, that is trying to use the way ants work in order to define "intelligent" computer systems.

They also inspired various techniques for solving problems:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant_colony_optimization

It definitely challenges the preconceived notions of "intelligence".
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Old Feb 23, 2009, 11:09 PM // 23:09   #16
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Whether it be transistors in a cpu, neurons in a mammalian brain, or a whole heap of ants: it goes to show many small brains do make one big one.

Good stuff! (especially if you're a biology teacher (guilty))

And yes: hymenoptera (will) rule!
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Old Feb 24, 2009, 12:07 AM // 00:07   #17
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That's pretty cool. Nice find.
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