Re:The fungal mind: on the evidence for mushroom intelligence
by retrac on Friday September 03, 2021 @06:59PM
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For practical purposes, I get you. But if it is the same essence at its very core, maybe we shouldn't separate them so vigorously when we think about it philosophically.
Re:The fungal mind: on the evidence for mushroom intelligence
by colechristensen on Friday September 03, 2021 @07:58PM
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And this is where much of philosophy ends up, coming to an agreement (or not) as to the boundaries and conditions where a term should be applied.
"alive" and "intelligent" shouldn't by synonyms. We should reserve the word "intelligent" for a certain considerably higher level of ability and complexity than can be ascribed to most anything living. When you say every living system is intelligent, the word ceases to add any information and you might as well just say "alive" and drop "intelligent".