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Or even billions of years, if you consider bacteria. They span enormous areas and reproduce so quickly that it does in effect act as a broad information network
by rm_-rf_slash 11y ago
Or even billions of years, if you consider bacteria. They span enormous areas and reproduce so quickly that it does in effect act as a broad information network, just not in a way we would call sentient intelligence.
- brazzledazzle 11y agoI'm reminded of Greg Bear's novel Blood Music.
- wlievens 11y agoDamn that was a scary piece of writing.
- gumby 11y agoIn fact they can have collective signaling networks as well -- consider the specialization and signaling that goes on in the biofilms of slime molds. (some examples: https://www.biofilm.montana.edu/node/2438 https://www.biofilm.montana.edu/node/2438 & http://www.nature.com/articles/npjbiofilms20156 http://www.nature.com/articles/npjbiofilms20156 )