Fungal ‘Brains’ Can Think Like Human Minds, Scientists Say
Fungal ‘Brains’ Can Think Like Human Minds, Scientists Say
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They're not quite on our level, but they're not as far off as you might think.
- A new study claims that fungi possess great intelligence to the point that they can make decisions.
- A group of scientists tested how fungi would grow across patterns of blocks, and found that they grew in strategic, resource-preserving ways that indicate the ability for communication across the entire mycelial network.
- These findings could not only lead to a better understanding of these relatively mysterious organisms, but to better comprehension of intelligence itself.