"Ants solving a geometric problem and it's amazing."
This is a great example of 'emergent phenomenon':
- None of the ants understand the problem they're solving.
- None of them can see the whole shape.
- A series of small decisions or rules add up to something with a new layer of complexity.
This is a great example of 'emergent phenomenon':
- None of the ants understand the problem they're solving.
- None of them can see the whole shape.
- A series of small decisions or rules add up to something with a new layer of complexity.
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Otto Mas 🎙️
Son hormigas resolviendo un problema geométrico y es para flipar en colores.
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(👀 @erikahall.bsky.social)
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-ants-superior-humans-group-problem.html
Try not to be offended that the ants outperformed humans in this particular test.
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I can remember that, I think.
https://bsky.app/profile/ladyasterianox.bsky.social/post/3le5etdmc622p
“Magic Rocket” is probably a vibrator.
i'm amused and not surprised at all
It said human cognition declined when communication was restricted. But that put us at an overlap with ants, not “outperformed by.”
Which group showed the greatest IMPROVEMENT when cooperative teams interacted? Who has better teamwork?
Ants improved while humans declined. Showing collaborative (additive) intelligence increases for ants only.
This is still interesting, and as the authors suggested, could be indicative of behaviors like schooling in fish.
Showing that humans favor individuality in solving, ants communally solve.
(just on case...)
(Really, all multicellular life, thinking, or not. No cell knows it’s part of a body.)