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Shirley, you can't be serious (thelemmy.club)

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[–] Bay_of_Piggies@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago* (4 children)

The argument is that ant colonies are better understood as organisms themselves with the individuals acting more like digits of the single organism.

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[–] Redjard@reddthat.com 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Which you can argue for, but doesn't stem from them being all almost twins.

I can say Humans are 99.6% genetically identical, and I can say nations are kinda like independent organisms (more sketchy a statement than for ants), but I definitely can't say Humans are 99.6% genetically identical, and thus nations are kinda like independent organisms.

"Ants are almost twins" is not the cause of "Ants are not really autonomous individuals"

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