[Etheryte]

I like fungi as much as the next guy, but I can't help but feel like this might be attributing more meaning than is really there. Wouldn't the whole result also be described by chemical gradients in food and water availability? Maybe this is addressed in the full paper, but it feels like that would be a simpler model that gives the same end result?

[yzydserd]

I couldn’t agree more. The paper leaves mushroom for doubt.

[euroderf]

Much more risotto is needed.

[FrustratedMonky]

I think you can argue that humans are only searching for "chemical gradients in food and water availability"