Comment on Those poor plants

• KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  isn’t this similar to or equivalent in concept to letting water pathfind through a maze for example?

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  • LordGimp@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No. The slime mold doesn’t just solve the maze. It figures out the optimal path and grows only where it needs to reach the goal. It’s a fascinating thing to watch in time-lapse. The “water in a maze” idea is that if it fills every passage, the only drain would be the exit.

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    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      obviously, but the flow path of the water is going to be a direct path to the end of the maze also. You just have to wait for it to fill up first lol.

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