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		TeMPOraL on June 5, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bees can link symbols to numbers, study finds Yup. And the truth is, we might need to get comfortable with both. An ant is a living being, but it is also a self-propelled organelle of the anthill. Humans are living and thinking beings, but with near-lightspeed communication deployed worldwide, the whole humanity together becomes a superorganism that could be seen as thinking its own thoughts.

maxxxxx on June 5, 2019 [–]

"the whole humanity together becomes a superorganism that could be seen as thinking its own thoughts."

And at this scale it's already impossible to comprehend the motives of this organism.

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