Comments on: Scary! Ants form Global Mega-Colony

By: Zach

Zach — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:52:16 +0000

Casey, do you actually know that? Have you ever spent any time as an ant? Sure, in all reality, we can believe that is all the ant knows and thinks because of what we’ve learned from science, but we can never be 100% sure. Absence of evidence does not refute anything.

By: casey

casey — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:44:55 +0000

There’s a lot of anthropomorphism going on in these two comments. Rights? Tolerance? They’re robot-like insects who are practically blind to anything but chemical signals and we’re primates who have evolved highly complex social rules. Concepts like rights and tolerance don’t exist in their world.

By: Kris

Kris — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:37:58 +0000

No one’s saying they don’t have the right, Parodia. This article is, however, breaking the human-centric notion that we are the only species capable of spreading across the globe. Interesting how they’ll fight with their neighbors but not relatives, even from other countries. How many humans can even tolerate family members in their own house?

By: Parodia

Parodia — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:24:18 +0000

They have as much right to the world as we do.