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The Social Life of Forests
- dredmorbius 6y agoI've been leaning toward the notion that trees don't have nervous systems, but that forests are nervous systems. A complex, largely chemically-mediated, environmental-response mechanism. Typically operating at rates far slower, but longer-lasting, than those of animal neurology. Earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15062542 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15062542