New theories expand cognition to fungi

Consciousness and self awareness are tricky things to define in an all-encompassing way, and new research on the intricacies of cellular cognition is reshaping how we think about microorganisms and ourselves.

Professor Nicholas Money of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio has argued for a new philosophy of cellular consciousness and suggests that, based on their ability to respond to external stimuli,  fungi have minds.

Read the original article: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2021.02.001

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