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r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Natchos09 • 2d ago
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A colony of ants operates similarly to a brain with each ant acting like a single neuron. They communicate by smell and their language is pheromones. It's incredibly complex. This is a great way to visualize it.
111 u/Darren_Red 2d ago I wonder what 'we need to rotate 90 degrees clockwise' smells like 28 u/Atoning_Unifex 2d ago I'm guessing it's more the smell of "this isn't working, vary the approach" until eventually something works 35 u/PokerChipMessage 2d ago I think it's more: lotta smell over here, so we tried that. There is less smell over here, let's try that. 10 u/Rpanich 2d ago I like to think it smells like strawberries 7 u/Toodlez 2d ago Bee pheromones for aggression are known to smell like banana oil so maybe 1 u/ChiefScout_2000 2d ago Google Translate works with smells. 1 u/Lahk74 2d ago Teen spirit, probably. 1 u/MaryPaku 1d ago Smells like Apple 1 u/UndahwearBruh 17h ago Smells like shit, let’s try something else 1 u/samedhi 2d ago Many ants have polarized eyes that they use to determine the angle of the sun. With a bit of math this isn't too hard (kidding, it is instinct). :] 0 u/AsianHotwifeQOS 2d ago There's a distinct pattern of neurons firing for it in your brain, too, and it probably doesn't take many to make that pattern.
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I wonder what 'we need to rotate 90 degrees clockwise' smells like
28 u/Atoning_Unifex 2d ago I'm guessing it's more the smell of "this isn't working, vary the approach" until eventually something works 35 u/PokerChipMessage 2d ago I think it's more: lotta smell over here, so we tried that. There is less smell over here, let's try that. 10 u/Rpanich 2d ago I like to think it smells like strawberries 7 u/Toodlez 2d ago Bee pheromones for aggression are known to smell like banana oil so maybe 1 u/ChiefScout_2000 2d ago Google Translate works with smells. 1 u/Lahk74 2d ago Teen spirit, probably. 1 u/MaryPaku 1d ago Smells like Apple 1 u/UndahwearBruh 17h ago Smells like shit, let’s try something else 1 u/samedhi 2d ago Many ants have polarized eyes that they use to determine the angle of the sun. With a bit of math this isn't too hard (kidding, it is instinct). :] 0 u/AsianHotwifeQOS 2d ago There's a distinct pattern of neurons firing for it in your brain, too, and it probably doesn't take many to make that pattern.
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I'm guessing it's more the smell of "this isn't working, vary the approach" until eventually something works
35 u/PokerChipMessage 2d ago I think it's more: lotta smell over here, so we tried that. There is less smell over here, let's try that. 10 u/Rpanich 2d ago I like to think it smells like strawberries 7 u/Toodlez 2d ago Bee pheromones for aggression are known to smell like banana oil so maybe
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I think it's more: lotta smell over here, so we tried that. There is less smell over here, let's try that.
10 u/Rpanich 2d ago I like to think it smells like strawberries 7 u/Toodlez 2d ago Bee pheromones for aggression are known to smell like banana oil so maybe
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I like to think it smells like strawberries
7 u/Toodlez 2d ago Bee pheromones for aggression are known to smell like banana oil so maybe
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Bee pheromones for aggression are known to smell like banana oil so maybe
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Google Translate works with smells.
Teen spirit, probably.
Smells like Apple
Smells like shit, let’s try something else
Many ants have polarized eyes that they use to determine the angle of the sun. With a bit of math this isn't too hard (kidding, it is instinct). :]
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There's a distinct pattern of neurons firing for it in your brain, too, and it probably doesn't take many to make that pattern.
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u/SegelXXX 2d ago edited 2d ago
A colony of ants operates similarly to a brain with each ant acting like a single neuron. They communicate by smell and their language is pheromones. It's incredibly complex. This is a great way to visualize it.