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Check out Paul Stamets' research using Mycelium to give honeybees an immuneboost. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-32194-8 https://www.nature.com/art

Check out Paul Stamets' research using Mycelium to give honeybees an immuneboost. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-32194-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-32194-8

thatspartan 3mo ago
TIL that the Star Trek Stamets character is based on a real world Paul Stamets working on actual Mycelium. Wow
- dreamcompiler 3mo ago
  And Anthony Rapp (the actor who plays him) went through some awful stuff that made him famous for another reason and he seems to have come out stronger. Good for him. As for the whole mycelium plot in Discovery, I found it so ridiculous that I refuse to consider that show canon.
  - veonik 3mo ago
    There’s far worse problems with Discovery ;) but really, much of Trek is ridiculous: “we went really fast around a sun and traveled back in time to _exactly_ when we need to be.” Convenient!
    - dreamcompiler 3mo ago
      Oh of course. Mycelium is just the tip of the iceberg e.g. "Spock had a secret sister." Oh come on! Yes some Trek scripts are better than others, as are some entire shows. But the creators of Disco seemed like they had never watched a single episode of "real" Trek or understood what made it work.
  - ghostbrainalpha 3mo ago
    I thought he lost the case?
- temp0826 3mo ago
  TIL that there is a character based off him in Star Trek??
homeonthemtn 3mo ago
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- colordrops 3mo ago
  Why should I do anything but take your anonymous comment with a huge grain of salt. Is the irony completely lost here?
  - homeonthemtn 3mo ago
    It's pretty easy to check his Wikipedia and see for your self what his academic background is. You can also read research done specifically by him, if you can find it, and you can read his books and judge for yourself if what he is selling is suspiciously without evidence. Or go to his website hocking "host defense" mushroom capsules. Compared to an actual mycologist like Gary Lincoff (rip), I think you'll see the contrast to be sharp. Or don't. No skin off my back.
  - temp0826 3mo ago
    He uses his rep to hawk overpriced supplements

Check out Paul Stamets' research using Mycelium to give honeybees an immuneboost. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-32194-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-32194-8

thatspartan 3mo ago

TIL that the Star Trek Stamets character is based on a real world Paul Stamets working on actual Mycelium. Wow

dreamcompiler 3mo ago
And Anthony Rapp (the actor who plays him) went through some awful stuff that made him famous for another reason and he seems to have come out stronger. Good for him. As for the whole mycelium plot in Discovery, I found it so ridiculous that I refuse to consider that show canon.
- veonik 3mo ago
  There’s far worse problems with Discovery ;) but really, much of Trek is ridiculous: “we went really fast around a sun and traveled back in time to _exactly_ when we need to be.” Convenient!
  - dreamcompiler 3mo ago
    Oh of course. Mycelium is just the tip of the iceberg e.g. "Spock had a secret sister." Oh come on! Yes some Trek scripts are better than others, as are some entire shows. But the creators of Disco seemed like they had never watched a single episode of "real" Trek or understood what made it work.
- ghostbrainalpha 3mo ago
  I thought he lost the case?
temp0826 3mo ago
TIL that there is a character based off him in Star Trek??

homeonthemtn 3mo ago

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colordrops 3mo ago
Why should I do anything but take your anonymous comment with a huge grain of salt. Is the irony completely lost here?
- homeonthemtn 3mo ago
  It's pretty easy to check his Wikipedia and see for your self what his academic background is. You can also read research done specifically by him, if you can find it, and you can read his books and judge for yourself if what he is selling is suspiciously without evidence. Or go to his website hocking "host defense" mushroom capsules. Compared to an actual mycologist like Gary Lincoff (rip), I think you'll see the contrast to be sharp. Or don't. No skin off my back.
- temp0826 3mo ago
  He uses his rep to hawk overpriced supplements