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That seems more likely to me too. Imagine a fungus that could provide dopamine directly to the brain when a human host meets a certain condition (e.g. a certain
by arrosenberg 5y ago
That seems more likely to me too. Imagine a fungus that could provide dopamine directly to the brain when a human host meets a certain condition (e.g. a certain amount of direct sunlight, humidity, wind).
- everhard_ 5y agoAgree, it's more like they're responding to stimuli, could we derive somehow that their genes have evolved some degree of ... intelligence?
- arrosenberg 5y agoEh, I'd say that's a point for debate, but I would argue stochastic survival probability under some prior conditions that haven't changed enough to force further competition.
- monkeybutton 5y agoLike toxoplasmosis?
- dunefox 5y agoI mean, apparently toxoplasmosis or something like it can result in personality changes even in humans.
- stadium 5y agoNot exactly this scenario, but the psilocybe genus produces chemicals very similar to serotonin.