No. They're quite distinct and thank frick for that. Certain species' mycelium communicates somewhat "loudly" with itself, resembling a neural network. I wonder if we'll breed them for high density and biopunk them for future AI neural networks. Can't imagine using animal brains for that and not raising ethical questions about putting them in a state of hellish limbo.
True. We're already using rat brains to play Doom. I'm sure people will be outraged at it in some time and then we'll need a replacement, which mushrooms could provide.
No, their cells are distinctly different. They have a cell wall like a plant and have two nuclei which plants and animals don't have. They also consume oxygen and produce carbon dioxide while a plant does the opposite. They're their own thing.
Is a class something that actually exists or is it something we use to categorize and understand life? They all come from the same last universal common ancestor.
I’m not trying to be artsy fartsy but humanity needs to learn to cope with the fact that we barely know anything yet.
It may just be impossible to truly understand nature until we die.
They have a cell wall like plants but it's made out of chitin, like the exoskeletons of ants and wasps
They're like... bugs or something
Plants dont do the opposite. They produce more oxygen then what they consume
No. They're quite distinct and thank frick for that. Certain species' mycelium communicates somewhat "loudly" with itself, resembling a neural network. I wonder if we'll breed them for high density and biopunk them for future AI neural networks. Can't imagine using animal brains for that and not raising ethical questions about putting them in a state of hellish limbo.
I'm pretty sure no industry actually gives a shit about the well-being of any animal
True. We're already using rat brains to play Doom. I'm sure people will be outraged at it in some time and then we'll need a replacement, which mushrooms could provide.
I summon „SHROOM“ in Doom font.
I summon „CATPOOP“ in Doom font.
How?
No, their cells are distinctly different. They have a cell wall like a plant and have two nuclei which plants and animals don't have. They also consume oxygen and produce carbon dioxide while a plant does the opposite. They're their own thing.
No.
However, they are (relatively) close to animals, both of them are opisthokonts.
you just made that word up
Technically yes, like insects, but you don't really think of it that way
I don't?
Dude they're fungi. Different class. Animal, plant, fungi.
arbitrary.
Is a class something that actually exists or is it something we use to categorize and understand life? They all come from the same last universal common ancestor.
I’m not trying to be artsy fartsy but humanity needs to learn to cope with the fact that we barely know anything yet.
It may just be impossible to truly understand nature until we die.
you don't understand anything when you're dead you boot licking god homosexual
Fungi is a subspecies of animals
Brainlet.
>Fungi is a subspecies of animals
....the special one types.
no the absolute frick it isn't
christ alive I knew most of this board was stuoud but goddamn
No. wrong. not even technically are they animals
mushrooms are fungi