Eugene, list; yes, that's a great example of Mind operating without a separate brain. And the natural world does just that. We humans have developed a symbolic method of communication, language, but, that doesn't mean that the rest of the natural world doesn't operate via informational interaction and knowledge development!
It is indeed like a neural net - that semiosic triad that networks and links to other nets. And you don't need symbolic language to generate or exchange or receive information. Edwina ----- Original Message ----- From: Eugene Halton To: Peirce List Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 10:13 AM Subject: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Do trees talk to each other? Express emotions and make friends? Barking? Dear Charles, Myecologist Paul Stamets describes ways trees and other plants have communication through fungal networks. They provide something like a neural net would for a brain. Perhaps one could say that trees have a "brain" without needing a brain. And that humans, despite having brains, can be utterly brainless when it comes to deforesting the earth. Here is a video on fungi where Stamets reports some of his work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAw_Zzge49c Cheers, Gene Halton On Sep 16, 2016 9:33 AM, "Charles Pyle" <charlesp...@comcast.net> wrote: > > There's increasing evidence to show that trees are able to communicate with each other. More than that, trees can learn. > > If that's true — and my experience as a forester convinces me it is — then they must be able to store and transmit information. > > And scientists are beginning to ask: is it possible that trees possess intelligence, and memories, and emotions? So, to cut to the quick, do trees have brains? > > > It sounds incredible, but when you discover how trees talk to each other, feel pain, nurture each other, even care for their close relatives and organise themselves into communities, it's hard to be sceptical. > ----------------------------------------------------- > > The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World > > Are trees social beings? In this international bestseller, forester and author Peter Wohlleben convincingly makes the case that, yes, the forest is a social network. He draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to describe how trees are like human families: tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, support them as they grow, share nutrients with those who are sick or struggling, and even warn each other of impending dangers. Wohlleben also shares his deep love of woods and forests, explaining the amazing processes of life, death, and regeneration he has observed in his woodland. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to peirce-L@list.iupui.edu . To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message not to PEIRCE-L but to l...@list.iupui.edu with the line "UNSubscribe PEIRCE-L" in the BODY of the message. More at http://www.cspeirce.com/peirce-l/peirce-l.htm .
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