Reading the introduction of the study (first link), they completely fail to explain why they call this language. Like, first they explain that fungi also have action potentials and that this seems to work like neurons and then they immediately jump to talk about how this could be a language. Am I missing something here? This seems like a legit paper, but why don’t they even attempt to explain or discuss this?
It just is establishing something is happening that needs further investigation. Papers like this present ideas to legitimise further investigations. It’s a starting place.
flora_explora@beehaw.org 1 week ago
Reading the introduction of the study (first link), they completely fail to explain why they call this language. Like, first they explain that fungi also have action potentials and that this seems to work like neurons and then they immediately jump to talk about how this could be a language. Am I missing something here? This seems like a legit paper, but why don’t they even attempt to explain or discuss this?
fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 week ago
It just is establishing something is happening that needs further investigation. Papers like this present ideas to legitimise further investigations. It’s a starting place.