Operator is a new podcast from wondery and topic studio. It's all about the rise and fall of the phone sex industry back in the nineties. And scientists are starting to wonder, or slimolds unique as single cell organism? We don't know but people have been asking this question for a long time.
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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