this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2024
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Fungi: mycelia, mushrooms & more

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  • A new study claims that fungi possess great intelligence to the point that they can make decisions.

  • A group of scientists tested how fungi would grow across patterns of blocks, and found that they grew in strategic, resource-preserving ways that indicate the ability for communication across the entire mycelial network.

  • These findings could not only lead to a better understanding of these relatively mysterious organisms, but to better comprehension of intelligence itself.

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[–] amelore 3 points 4 weeks ago

Could this not look the same if each strand of mycelium worked as an automaton?