Ants crack the secret to perfect teamwork

https://www.mpg.de/25235848/0821-ornr-tiny-ants-crack-the-secret-to-perfect-teamwork-987453-x

  • Most human and animal teams suffer from the Ringelmann effect: individuals contribute less the more the team grows
  • Weaver ants avoid the Ringlemann effect as they work in a team to fold leaves into nest chambers
  • A study showed that weaver ants use division of labor to not only avoid the Ringlemann effect but to achieve super efficiency
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SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y

Is ant crack better than people crack? What makes it so much better for teambuilding?

Pilferjinx@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Are ant colonies one of the best displays of what a communist state could look like?

bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 8 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I hope people in a communist state won't dump you onto the garbage pile just because you smell bad.

Pilferjinx@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

"Danmit, Antony, I keep telling you I ain't garbage! I'm just the groundskeeper."

Cypher@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
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bacon_pdp@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
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