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The comment thread on this article is over 200 posts. Mostly a heated creationist vs evolunist debate, but there is some interesting reading in there. It is hard not to ponder how such a complex set of behaviors came to be through natural selection alone. However, one comment that I found particularly on point is posted below:

"I have a suggestion for how this evolved. The initial sting to the cockroach would obviously make the cockroach's escape part of its brain light up like crazy. If the wasp then goes to find the most active part of the cockroaches brain, i'd imagine this would be the escape area. I believe there are simple rules which build up to create complex systems. These simple rules, like the active neuron sensor, help to create shortcuts to how a creature evolves. If you look at the recent darpa challenge, involving the teaching of a car how to drive across unfamiliar terrain, it managed to convince the team it was working by using just the rule of keeping the grass equally distant on the right and the left. It hit a bridge and swerved so the guy onboard had to grab the wheel! But the point is simple rules can lead to complex seeming actions." Posted by: Rob Levy | February 4, 2006 4:28 PM

Way more overcast though. The winters were just too hard for me to bear. I moved to LA and am not looking back.

This is consistent policy across most major banks from my similar experience. The local branch where you opened the account has the power to reverse this, but the national call center does not. On the other hand, you definitely will cause a stir with this web page and I'm interested to see how that plays out.

This theory essentially what Ray Kurzweil has been preaching for years.

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"Final Cut" with Robin Williams depicts a future where all life moments are recorded.

Probably the best analogy you could make

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