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It's true, figuring out I can leverage my autistic obsession to learn fast was a pivotal moment. By relating everything to ants or computers, the world suddenly became interesting again. https://t.co/NZ0Z7Qh5zq
once you have a few good riffs or talking points or whatever you wanna call them, those are like buoys or lighthouses that you can navigate by. they are like major cities in a trade network. you can build out everything in between them. connecting them creates additional wealth https://t.co/imdz5PNVjt
I'm learning alchemy by pretending that ants are just big pots of plant matter and urea. https://t.co/ti5EFOztvU and then anchoring it by "I wonder what an ant who ate that mixture would taste like".
It becomes fractal at some point.https://t.co/fX29hlzeDm
Applying the model of ants I have in my head to my own biology has let me learn about brain cells and immune function.https://t.co/3GcrNEgKQM
My focus on gut bacteria is because of how ants modulate their brains via diet.https://t.co/yFkfemEkhq
Someone just got a 1.5 million dollar grant to explore ants more."researching the links between brain evolution, socialization, diet, genes, and more"https://t.co/nMVxgsGBZnhttps://t.co/xBW2rIDKiA
Ants are really cool.https://t.co/AhBcyoSdP3
Learning basic chemistry principles by learning about how to avoid the sting of ants with some piss, like one does.https://t.co/AHwWWHJ3ZV
I've been stung by European fire ants in the backyard. (Myrmica rubra Linnaeus)One day I wanna try using pee to stop the burn of the more dangerous fire ants. (Solenopsis invicta): https://t.co/wrxco4h5uHhttps://t.co/Q0fGHVR9Hx
"most recent study has only finished trials in mouse models of the disease, but if clinical trials in humans are also successful - and safe - fire ant venom could be the solution a lot of psoriasis patients have been looking for."https://t.co/iUphhr0ZiPhttps://t.co/riMIw7tHZ6
Hmmm. Hmmmmmm."The ants were in a pile, immobilized from being in cold water. We were invited to eat them, raw and alive. Uh oh."https://t.co/mDCJIexP0O😇https://t.co/eV1t7RLSU3
Finding an path intersection between ant eating & ecology."Our finding that multiple invasive species can accelerate invasion and cause ecosystems to become dominated by invasive species is a troubling one." https://t.co/sV8ub3VmL6https://t.co/V0aDs1bTiI
In a thread about how computer scientists who study path finding don't understand ants.https://t.co/QnnwB59Etj
I wonder of eating European fire ants, and am somehow reminded of myths, misunderstandings, and oversight that drive our lack of insight into nature.Ants => Piss => AlchemyAlchemy => Natural Philosopher => Ecological BlindnessI recognize these trails.https://t.co/fDELm3aXTa
@ck_eternity_ @Gnosiiis @Grimhood And even in ecological science, the impact of transient species on a local ecosystem is massively understudied. We've only just recently begun to explore it. https://t.co/Kr4rUWsS2hWhich suggests some foods + temporary bacteria may have profound effects on long term trajectory.