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bannock22101 karma

So then what DO you think happened?

bannock2264 karma

Wtf? Numerically calculate the level of consciousness? The neuroscientist within me is weeping right now.

bannock226 karma

They aren't "collectively intelligent" on the species level so much as they are on the colony level. Read up on eusociality in insects:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eusociality

The evolution of eusociality is an interesting topic, and naked mole rats are a particularly weird example of this (they're the only known mammalian species that exhibits it).

bannock221 karma

It's not wired directly to the brain anymore if you sever it. PT cannot heal all SCIs or else there'd be no paraplegics out there.

Source: I'm a neuroscientist.

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Fair enough answer, thanks for your response!