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Slime Molds Fuel Debate Over What Counts as Intelligence
Original: Slime Molds and the Growing Controversy Around “Intelligence”
Slime molds—single-celled organisms with no brain—are once again at the centre of a scientific debate about intelligence. The organisms can solve mazes, optimise networks and remember without neurons, leading researchers to argue over whether such behaviour counts as genuine cognition or merely sophisticated chemistry. The dispute touches on how broadly science should define intelligence and whether it requires a nervous system at all.
Why now: Ongoing research into brainless problem-solving organisms keeps challenging conventional definitions of intelligence.
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- Slime Molds and the Growing Controversy Around “Intelligence” · mindmatters.ai
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