Very often you will read science journalists butcher an explanation, or read way too much into something because they don't know what they are talking about. Th

Very often you will read science journalists butcher an explanation, or read way too much into something because they don't know what they are talking about. The part in this article about the fungus "solving" the maze has to be one of my all time favorites. If you take every path in a maze simultaneously at the same rate, the first path to the exit you find will be the shortest one. Its simple geometry. And that means mushrooms are magic (or something). When you have a very simple thing to say (or nothing at all) and like hearing yourself talk, you will write articles like this one.