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We even use slime mold on representations of maps to see if it would have done things the same way we do. For all we know, perhaps we are in a galactic petri di
by Karawebnetwork 4y ago
We even use slime mold on representations of maps to see if it would have done things the same way we do. For all we know, perhaps we are in a galactic petri dish and the entire point of our existence is to test out the growth of life for some great universal scientist! (tongue in cheek comment)
https://www.livescience.com/8035-slime-mold-beats-humans-perfecting-traffic-networks.html https://www.livescience.com/8035-slime-mold-beats-humans-per...
- bee_rider 4y agoIt would be sort of funny. So we put some humans on this planet. Now, keep in mind, they don’t possess any group consciousness — they have some limited ability to communicate information by vibrating the air around them, but they don’t have anything like the globalmindnetwork that we experience. But look: over many generations they create these little pathways, to ship goods from population center to population center. It isn’t obvious how, somehow despite lacking any overall coordination, they manage to perform these complex emergent behaviors…
- Karawebnetwork 4y agoWorst... "They're made out of meat." "Meat?" "Meat. They're made out of meat." "Meat?" "There's no doubt about it. We picked several from different parts of the planet, took them aboard our recon vessels, probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." https://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/thinkingMeat.html https://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/think...
- bee_rider 4y agoA classic. I was trying to not copy it too closely, but the bit about vibrating air is a little close, haha.