The slime mould only goes for the good food if it's five times better in quality than the bad, safe food. Tania suspects it has to do with collective behavior. The patterns that i was seeing in the slimeholds after i fed them looked really similar to what i was see in the ants. So like all this, this is an example of a positive feat back loop.
Slime molds can navigate mazes, control robots, and make complicated decisions, all without a central nervous system. If this weird gooey blob can think, does that mean scientists are thinking about intelligence all wrong?
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