Ruth Rosin has written for many years about the so called bee
language. In a nutshell, she states that while the dances may or may
not contain some information, -- bees cannot understand it. Therefore,
ultimately NO information is communicated and thus it is not a
language at all. Also, a simpler explanation exists: bees sniff out
flowers.

By this logic we can scrutinize Ruth's explanation. Her theory may or
may not contain validity but as no one has accepted it over all these
years, ultimately NO information is communicated and thus it is not a
viable theory. While she claims that millions of people cling to a
mistaken belief that bees communicate by dancing, a simpler
explanation exists.

There are many examples where the simple explanation of phenomena just
won't do. Like, the earth is apparently flat and the sun and moon
apparently move across the sky. Perhaps for some, the notion that the
earth is a huge sphere spinning at a thousand miles per hour is a
complicated explanation for a simple observation. A simpler
explanation can be found: earth flat, sun moves.

So,-- often a complicated explanation is needed and the simple one is
plain wrong.

pb

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