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WoNc t1_itgzi63 wrote

Reply to comment by so_good_so_far in Formation of Namibia’s fairy circles isn’t due to termites. Plants are "ecosystem engineers" that survive by forming optimal geometric patterns. by marketrent

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarm_intelligence

Swarm intelligence is not the same thing as ordinary intelligence.

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Waka_Waka_Eh_Eh t1_ithbkv6 wrote

Is the emergence of intelligence from the collection of individual swarm members all that different from intelligence emerging from the collection of individual neurons?

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BlueGlassTTV t1_ithgi8o wrote

No. Same concept but it is all conveniently packed into a skull you can point to so people just black box it as one "thing".

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