X-Message-Number: 12009 From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: more about hyperants and their "technology" Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 22:53:04 +1000 (EST) To Mike Perry: One major point about hyperants is that they need not make the kind of spaceships we make at all, nor any of the other technology. It would be satisfactory (in terms of evolution) if they can merely spread themselves among different solar systems, or even developed means to make further ants' nests in space. A suitable technology for hyperants need not look at all like human technology. If the whole colony, and not just individual hyperants, has no form of consciousness at all, then simply spreading themselves through their solar system and even interstellar space does not even require that any particular hyperants be moved at all. Just a system (possibly full of eggs) to spread them. After all, though they do tame aphids, no humans tame aphids. Their problem with space travel and all those other things is very different from our own. Naturally this makes the problem of space travel a very different one from our own, too. Best and long long life to all, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=12009