The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RPGMemes @ttrpg.network · 1 month agoI suppose that doesn't hurt anything...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1644cross-posted to: lemmydirectory@lemmy.dbzer0.com
arrow-up1644imageI suppose that doesn't hurt anything...lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RPGMemes @ttrpg.network · 1 month agomessage-square33fedilinkcross-posted to: lemmydirectory@lemmy.dbzer0.com
minus-squarebluemellophone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-21 month agoPretty sure ants are already sentient, but I like it. Edit: apparently ant sentience is somewhat hotly debated, and the current understanding of ant consciousness and metacognition is murky.
minus-squareDharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoHonestly, people getting sentient/sapient messed up in fiction is one of my pet peeves, and here I go doing it myself. Sapient ants. A colony of sapient ants
minus-squareByteJunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 month agoI love that you came back and added that edit, that’s some commitment to keeping us up to date on the latest scientific breakthroughs about ant brains (I mean, I’d they have one?) and I appreciate it. Edit: ants do in fact have (tiny) brains.
Pretty sure ants are already sentient, but I like it.
Edit: apparently ant sentience is somewhat hotly debated, and the current understanding of ant consciousness and metacognition is murky.
Honestly, people getting sentient/sapient messed up in fiction is one of my pet peeves, and here I go doing it myself.
Sapient ants. A colony of sapient ants
I love that you came back and added that edit, that’s some commitment to keeping us up to date on the latest scientific breakthroughs about ant brains (I mean, I’d they have one?) and I appreciate it.
Edit: ants do in fact have (tiny) brains.