Tag: foraging

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
August 1, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, animals, ant colony, artificial intelligence, behaviors, calculus, David Berlinski, foraging, humans, intelligent design, navigation, Neural Networks, nucleic acids, optimization, pheromones, proteins, Science After Babel, Traveling Salesman Problem}

Can Algorithms Designed by Humans Catch Up with the Genius of Biological Systems?

_{Eric Cassell
August 1, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

6}

While humans invented algorithms only within the last century, enabling the development of AI, animals exhibit behavioral algorithms that long predate humans. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 2, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, ants, arthropods, behaviorism, engineers, Eric Cassell, evolution, foraging, intelligent design, Mexico, pheromones, PNAS, robotics, rock ants, Stanford University, sun compass, tree ants, University of Arizona, University of Texas}

Ant Navigation Fascinates Engineers

_{David Coppedge
March 2, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

Eric Cassell asks, “How did these complex programmed behaviors originate?” The question deserves a better answer than, “They evolved.” Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 6, 2022

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, ants, cuticular hydrocarbons, Eric Anderson, Eric Cassell, evolution, evolutionary processes, foraging, foresight, harvester ants, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, podcast, sensors, signs}

Irreducible Complexity in Ant Behavior Triggers a Recognition of Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
July 6, 2022

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

2}

Recent research draws an unapologetic parallel between human engineering and biological systems. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 4, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Agouti, agriculture, algorithms, ant colony, antennae, anternet, ants, brains, cities, computer, computer programmers, Deborah M. Gordon, E.O. Wilson, eggs, evolutionary biologists, foraging, humans, intelligent design, larvae, mammals, neurons, neuroscience, pheromones, slavery, Stanford University, superorganism}

Yes, Ants Think — Like Computers

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 4, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

Computer programmers have adapted some ant problem-solving methods to software programs (but without the need for complex chemical scents). Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
June 1, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, animals, ants, decisions, foraging, gambling, heuristic, humans, Mary Olmstead, neurons, pigeons, rationality, rats, reward, risk, Valerie Kuhlmeier}

Animal Algorithms: Ant Foraging Is a “Rational” Behavior

_{Eric Cassell
June 1, 2022

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

4}

Of course, ants and other animals do not make decisions in a “conscious” manner as humans would. Instead they rely on algorithms. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Dogs, emotions, foraging, fungi, Google Translate, humans, hyphae, intelligence, mushrooms, neurons, neuroscience, The Scientist, University of Exeter, wolves}

Not Just Plants — Even Fungi Like Mushrooms — Talk to Each Other?

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 14, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

They are NOT judging us but they do have complex communications systems interacting with their environment. Read More ›

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post

Author
Eric Cassell

Date
April 7, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, air conditioning, algorithms, animal behavior, ants, body temperature, cuticular hydrocarbons, engineers, evolution, feedback control, food, foraging, harvester ants, heating, homeostasis, intelligent design, Internet, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, PLOS Computational Biology, seeds}

To Regulate Foraging, Harvester Ants Use a (Designed) Feedback Control Algorithm

_{Eric Cassell
April 7, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

4}

These elements of harvester ant behavior present a severe challenge for the evolutionary paradigm. Read More ›

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post

Date
March 4, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, abstract thought, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, ant colony, ants, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, computer programmers, engineers, Eric Cassell, foraging, intelligent design, Internet, life forms, navigation, robustness, Traveling Salesman Problem}

Ants Use Algorithms Similar to Those of the Internet

_{Science and Culture
March 4, 2022

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

3}

Optimization algorithms enable the ant colony to decide how many ants to send to a given food source and when to drastically reduce the number. Read More ›