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Ants crack the secret to perfect teamwork (www.mpg.de)
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  • 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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[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 8 points 2 days ago

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

[-] Cypher@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

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

[-] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

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

[-] bacon_pdp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

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

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