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In a million years which is more likely to still be around?I think ants would feel a kind of kinship with the LLM method of solution seeking. They are big fans of brute force. They might even recognize an LLM as a kind of "bad colony" but I'm getting perilously close to talking about "The Book I Can't Talk About Until it is Done" so I'll stop there.
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In a million years which is more likely to still be around?Without knowing what they are in any way that we can recognize.
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In a million years which is more likely to still be around?Ants have achieved the same major technological milestones that we celebrate in humans. They grapple with problems of managing major population centers and information that are similar to the problems humans face.
And the solutions found by ants are much more robust than those found by humans.
They have demonstrated they can stand the test of time and they show no signs of being "done" growing slowly more complex and more important in every ecosystem they enter.
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In a million years which is more likely to still be around?If ants didn't already have agriculture (selective breeding of scale insects, mass production of fungi, shepherding) people would say "how could an ant ever develop agriculture? Crows have bigger brains and THEY don't have agriculture."
If ants didn't build sewer systems, which some do, people would say the same thing. Or if they didn't practice medical amputation.
Ants achieve these things without knowing what they are. In the ant way.
It will be the same for space travel.
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Giant Squid?Oarfish are so elegant and beautiful. It's like a fish from a fairy kingdom.
Sometimes they have been seen resting in a vertical position. I love them.
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In a million years which is more likely to still be around?Birds are pretty robust. Pigeons have a pretty chaotic record. The dodo? Passenger pigeon? It's such a diverse clade of birds. Very adaptable.
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In a million years which is more likely to still be around?Do you think this was maybe a little mean? I do have a point here.
I was listening to some SF guy going on about "intelligent life on earth" and talking about how if humans can't last for a long time it's kind of over for earth.
But... there are ants.
And the ants of the future? Come on. If we can imagine people of the future with space colonies and amazing technology why not the ants?
They would do it in their own way of course. But they want to fill the stars just as badly.
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I have to admit.chronotypicals.
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In a million years which is more likely to still be around?Plastic ants?
I am confident that if there is enough plastic to make it practical, ants will put the plastic to good use.
Though, silk is a far superior material in many ways.
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In a million years which is more likely to still be around?In a million years which is more likely to still be around?
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Get ready!Do you speak to your mother with that mouth?
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Giant Squid?I have seen a vile whirlpool in the helle gate whilst kayaking around NYC
The helle gate is the home of a maelstrom even on a clear and windless day, the tides drive boils and sinks, standing waves and the wicked whirlpool which tried to take my paddle from me.
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Giant Squid?Giant Squid?
Rogue Wave?Seems like most of the things that sailors go on about with horror (that land lovers dismiss as tall tales) turn out to be real.
What else should we stop laughing about?
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Get ready!There will be a quiz at the end of the month.
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OK.OK. This sounds made up, but I want it to be true? Apparently sometimes ants find garnets while digging their nests. The ants think "useless rock" and add it to the hill outside where it may be found by people who love shiny little stones.
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Snagged a random possible chair restoration project (free) down the block.I love orange.
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BOTH political parties in the US are weaponising starvation for political goals. -
BOTH political parties in the US are weaponising starvation for political goals.They could fund just SNAP if they wanted to. They did during other shutdowns. This is deliberate.