-D

>I think tedd is referring to something in the same realm as the 
>study of insects...their "brains" are basically a set of 
>mathematical responses to stimuli and can be predicted and mimicked 
>in computer systems accurately....imagine extending the mathematical 
>response results to a flock of birds.

Yes, you are correct -- one could even extend it to rc's brain 
without much trouble.  :-)

>That's how I took it anyway.  Hard to say if anyone has bothered to 
>waste grant money studying birds in such a fashion and what useful 
>data could be gleaned from such a thing.

Well, they (us congress) spent money to measure how much gas a cow 
passes, so it wouldn't surprise me if this is old news.

tedd
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