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Originally Posted by eburacum45
Converting intelligence into fungus? That sounds similar to something Karl Schroeder wrote recently. He was wondering if digital computation and massive computers might be abandoned by advanced civilisations in favour of analogue computing and partial programs; biological systems can use non-digital methods to do remarkable calculations, so the most advanced computational systems might resemble ecosystems.
http://www.kschroeder.com/weblog/arc...-civilizations.
If we find a world covered in forests we should look carefully into the possibility that the forest is really a computational matrix of some sort. |
Good article. I agree that truly advanced species would tend to live in a harmonious way with their own natural environment. We ourselves are even beginning to go down that same path. The green revolution is just the tip of the iceberg.