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by rectangletangle
4439 days ago
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This reminds me of how some biologists consider a colony to actually be a single organism, and each individual ant an organ system. The queen could be thought of as the reproductive organs, workers the limbs, scouts sensory organs. It's especially interesting considering that all of the workers are sterile, so fitness is shared, and dependent on the queen. |
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That's why it makes sense to think of the colony as a single organism. In the same way, your hands can only reproduce when the rest of you does, in an orderly manner, and we think of you as a unified organism. If hands could bud off independent mini-hands, you might see less cooperation from them over the course of your life.