Ants crack the secret to perfect teamwork (www.mpg.de)
from Pro@mander.xyz to science@mander.xyz on 22 Aug 09:47
https://mander.xyz/post/36461685

  • 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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Pilferjinx@lemmy.world on 22 Aug 09:55 next collapse

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

bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de on 22 Aug 10:09 collapse

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

Pilferjinx@lemmy.world on 22 Aug 10:32 next collapse

“Danmit, Antony, I keep telling you I ain’t garbage! I’m just the groundskeeper.”

bacon_pdp@lemmy.world on 22 Aug 12:41 next collapse

And you choose to stay there until you stop smelling dead.

Cypher@lemmy.world on 22 Aug 15:50 collapse

You say that now but go to a magic the gathering tournament and you’ll change your tune

SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works on 22 Aug 10:19 collapse

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