[ExI] ants again

[spike]

> On Behalf Of Bryan Bishop
> Subject: Re: [ExI] ants again
> 
> On Sunday 14 September 2008, spike wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> Have you considered the ants from the rain forests? 
> Apparently some of these ants have evolved to glide because 
> in the rain forests, falling off a tree means days of 
> climbing back up. So when they fall off by mistake, they can 
> glide back to the trunk without falling to the floor.
> 
> - Bryan

Intriguing notion Bryan.  I would really be impressed if these tiny beasts
were running a sufficiantly sophisticated program in their brains to
manipulate aerodynamic control surfaces, but I could be wrong.

I can't tell from this post which theory, if either, that Bryan supports.
Bryan, jumper or faller?  I think I am a faller, but without a test, I can't
say with any certanty.  Anyone else?

spike