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Mr. Queero
12/29/2005, 5:45 PM
:confused:

Mr.Hollywood
12/29/2005, 6:23 PM
yep.

orange
12/29/2005, 6:29 PM
Facts:
An ant brain has about 250, 000 brain cells.
The ant brains consisted of sets of thresholds for each color, as well as rules for changing their thresholds according to shifting demands, with the parameters for those rules evolved by a genetic algorithm.

Sources:
http://www.lingolex.com/ants.htm
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~mcampos/research.htm

Conclusion: Ants have a brain.

Mr. Queero
12/29/2005, 6:38 PM
Facts:
An ant brain has about 250, 000 brain cells.
The ant brains consisted of sets of thresholds for each color, as well as rules for changing their thresholds according to shifting demands, with the parameters for those rules evolved by a genetic algorithm.

Sources:
http://www.lingolex.com/ants.htm
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~mcampos/research.htm

Conclusion: Ants have a brain.

oh okay, thanks :)

M Z N A
12/29/2005, 7:58 PM
then Marquis must have 250,001 brain cells.

Departure
12/29/2005, 8:49 PM
Why do you ask?

Travis10
12/29/2005, 9:50 PM
I killed/tortured a lot of ants when I was little. Why I found it entertaining, i dunno...

Brave
12/30/2005, 2:03 AM
lol.

JDM
12/30/2005, 1:50 PM
I killed/tortured a lot of frogs when I was little. Why I found it entertaining, i dunno...

Me too. :-$