Deborah Gordon: Ants, Myrmecology, and Collective Behavior | Robinson's Podcast #212

Very interesting. Thank you both.

Unbelievable dynamics happening in the Ant world! Wow! Thanks for the interesting episode, Deborah is a great guest!++

Perhaps some time in a future biology related episode; could you do an interview with an expert on parasites and their behaviour?

Feeding the algo 🌯🥙🥗🍗🥓
Another great pod!

Thanks for the content, Robinson. Some guest recs: Antonia Peacocke to talk about intentionality and her upcoming book Mental Means. Johan van Benthem and Franz Berto would also be cool. Also, Justin D’Ambrosio would be the perfect person to talk to about Quine and Kripke and everything language-related (and also lifting). Thanks, keep up the great work!

Very interesting .. I almost had the opportunity to take an entomology course in Brisbane; I was bummed that it was filled. Great conversation

Colony memory reminds me of muscle memory, I wonder if all memory isn’t fundamentally this sort of pseudo mechanical rhythm of things;
The first part of remembering what I had for breakfast is remembering the sorts of things I generally eat for breakfast

Thanks Puss (and Robinson and Ms Gordon). Ants are amazing. Might get that book. (EO Wilson too - what a guy). 150m years ago. Wow.

huge fan of you videos. what is the name of that drum beat you play at the beginning of each upload???

When are you going to get Zizek back on again?? ughh

Your questions managed to take zero advantage of her actual expertise. You would have gotten the same quality responses from any random person who has heard of ants. Nothing was specific to HER research.