Bees can solve seemingly clever counting tasks with very small numbers of nerve cells in their brains, according to researchers. (1)
Scientists have developed a 3D-printed robotic hand which can play simple musical phrases on the piano by just moving its wrist. (2)
Everyone feeling so important when counting. But every animal can do it. Even bees. And what makes us special is that we may choose not to count even though we can. Everyone feeling so amazed when seeing a robot playing the piano. And yet we are not important because we play music, but because we may choose not to and listen to the silence instead.
In the future the world will be full of bees and robots.
Buzzing through chattering humans.
Playing the piano between soundless men.
But within the dreaded noisy night, a child will suddenly stay silent.
And under the scorching midday sun, an old man will stop to listen…
Beyond the robots playing perfectly…
Past the bees counting seamlessly…
Looking at the cosmos.
Crying, for it is so full and perfect.
Laughing, for it is so flawlessly dead…