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From: trudel@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Jonathan D.)
Newsgroups: net.bizarre
Subject: Re: Ants/Styrofoam and why moths fly around lights
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Date: Sun, 22-Sep-85 17:41:20 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 22 17:41:20 1985
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> 
> > [Richard Feynman] caused ants to go in a circle by carefully directing
> > them around so that they left the trail which other ants follow in a
> > circular pattern.
 


Hmmm, I guess he was out there in a policeman's unform, but I don't know
if a whistle would be appropriate for ants.  On the other hand, maybe he
was the one teaching the course called 'Let's Talk Ant' on M. Python
a few years ago.
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					   Jonathan D. Trudel
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