[ExI] ants again

[Rafal Smigrodzki]

On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 6:19 PM, Anders Sandberg <anders at aleph.se> wrote:

> Awesome! I must admit I did not know this - hymenoptera is not my main
> field of study.
>
> It could be that ants work like state machines. In the normal state they
> forage, defend the nest, and bite hands that handle them. In the ant war
> state it is all about identifying enemy ants, ignoring other stimuli. I
> wonder how they come down from it?
>
> Being a good god for warring ants makes one appreciate that the theodicy
> problem isn't easy for gods to handle. Of course, maybe God is now posting
> pictures of the Middle East to a hyperdimensional forum where vast entities
> are using it to discuss the weird behavior of 3D creatures and whether this
> tells them anything about how the existence of metadivinities?
>

### Let's just hope he is not in need of more data, and getting ready to
use the liquid aluminum method:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGJ2jMZ-gaI&feature=kp

Rafal
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