[ExI] ants again

[Damien Broderick]

At 06:19 PM 9/14/2008 -0700, spike wrote:

>Here was the amazing observation.  Occasionally a breeze would cause 
>the leaves to oscillate, at which time the two trees would very 
>briefly touch.  The ants were jumping across the gap in those brief 
>instances when the leaves touched.  They were going both directions 
>in those brief instances.
>
>I don't know what in the hell to think now.  Surely they don't 
>reason in any real sense.  How did they figure out how to jump across?

They were confronted by an antinomy. In that situation, the only 
recourse is to close your eyes and jump.

Damien Broderick