Inside the ant colony - Deborah M. Gordon
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Ants have one of the most complex social organizations in the animal kingdom; they live in structured colonies that contain different types of members who perform specific roles. Sound familiar? Deborah M. Gordon explains the way these incredible creatures mate, communicate and source food, shedding light on how their actions can mimic and inform our own behavior.
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Why is it useful to find out how different ant species organize their searching, without anyone in charge?
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Sarah Rutter
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It can be useful for humans to learn from ants by finding out how they achieve goals without a certain plan or leader. We can also infer how teams can work better without individuals being powerful or strong. Some companies can establish ways to solve complicated and new problems in the field.
Asianna Xayarath
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It's useful to find how different ant species organize their search to see how they work together. Which is needed for every form of life in order to work towards the objective.
Jeroen Maat
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We saw ''ant colony organization'' lessons that could be integrated into our computer models. Perhaps we can continue to learn lesson from them.
Katherine Martinez
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Because it helps us learn how Ants are different species that can learn make us learn more and be more intelligent. They show how to build teamwork and forms new solutions that could help us accomplish.
Gissel Ortiz
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It is useful to know this information because it lets humans know that work can be accomplished without having anyone to boss you around. It can only be achieved if everyone have the same goal and agreements. We can work in different groups without needing someone to be in charged as long as we stay focused and dedicated to achieve the same goal.
Tiphanie Valdez
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It shows how ants can work together to accomplish something great. It correlates to how humans work together step by step. It also shows that you don’t need a leader to do great things.
K-Cee Chavez
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With the example at the end of the video we have learned from ant organizing and integrated it to our computer models. We can perhaps learn more to better improve our systems in other things.
Natalie leon
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It shows how independent ants can be even without a leader. They show us how to work together even if they have a disadvantage like not being able to see. They work together to create and protect themselves. It’s fascinating to see how such small species can create such a big colony and work together.
brian diaz
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To see how it is for a colony to be equal, no one in charge and no one to tell the other ants what to do. They each do their own work without anyone telling them.
milagros mendez
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It s useful because this is a way one can learn how to organize their tasks without having someone remind them what they need to do. This also helps show how teamwork is useful in situations.
