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Xadem said: 

they are able to make deciqsions and have a defree of sensitivity which implies that consciousness is not a uniquely human experience nor is it mammalian or even exclusive to fauna, rather it is an all encompassing spectrum upo nwhich all chemistry lies 

 

https://psyche.co/ideas/the-fungal-mind-on-the-evidence-for-mushroom-intelligence 

https://blog.backtotheroots.com/2016/10/14/are-mushrooms-intelligent/ 

 

explain. 

 We have recently discovered that many plants are far more complex than we originally anticipated. For example, trees of the same species are capable of communicating through chemicals and hormones to identify which individuals are under stress and where other trees in their species are in proximity to each other. This is important in maintaining that that species' root structures does not compete with themselves but compete for soil that other species occupy. In terms of stress communications, it helps a species know when to save energy for winter or even to enact a general proactive response to pathogens and diseases. We complete rethought the way we think of forests. They are not individuals but a community of species interacting through interspecific AND intraspecific pathways.

It would not surprise me that fungi are also capable of similar or more complex interactions than this.

Almost forgot, trees are also capable of a very basic form of pain response. It is more like a hormonal response to stress that resembles our nervous system except with, again, hormones and not nerves. They use it to communicate with the roots and leaves to bring resources to the affected area, whether it be for an open wound or a disease etc. Obviously they cannot "feel" in the traditional sense that we can. However, their "pain" response is similar enough to make us rethink what we know about the natural world. 

We truly know so little about our surroundings. There are many secrets left untold.

Real use case for how fungal intelligence can be applied:

Tryptamine said: 

Honestly, never happy hearing about mushrooms, mostly because of the people who want to talk about them. I don't care that this shit builds networks underground and that they are kind of like animals somehow. And Terrence McKenna and his stupid fucking Stoned Ape Theory. I try to be open-minded, I even have mushroom tea and stuff. But every time people want to get nerdy about mushrooms it just sounds so gay.

 Oh man I fucking agree with this. If I ever have to hear one more guy called Brad in a fucking poncho talking about ego-loss I may have to hang myself in the nearest closet. I have a few friends who've done ayahuasca retreats and they're equally intolerable on return. If you need to venture into the Peruvian jungle to lick toads with a shaman to find yourself, you're trying too hard lol

pachuco2 said: 

 

Tryptamine said: 

Honestly, never happy hearing about mushrooms, mostly because of the people who want to talk about them. I don't care that this shit builds networks underground and that they are kind of like animals somehow. And Terrence McKenna and his stupid fucking Stoned Ape Theory. I try to be open-minded, I even have mushroom tea and stuff. But every time people want to get nerdy about mushrooms it just sounds so gay.

 Oh man I fucking agree with this. If I ever have to hear one more guy called Brad in a fucking poncho talking about ego-loss I may have to hang myself in the nearest closet. I have a few friends who've done ayahuasca retreats and they're equally intolerable on return. If you need to venture into the Peruvian jungle to lick toads with a shaman to find yourself, you're trying too hard lol

i heard a rope is actually the most surefire way to get a loss of ego