| Brainless slime mould makes decisions exactly like humans do |
| Written by Costas Papaikonomou |
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In particular when confronted with the classic triple tier pricing structure, it acts as predictable as humans do. Or is that the other way around? Read the full story @ Discover Magazine. |
Well, exit my sense of Homo Sapiens' cerebral superiority. The single-celled amoebe "Physarum Polycephalum" that has no brain and looks like my bathroom rug makes decisions exactly like I do. Or is it the other way around? I guess that without a brain, it can't post-rationalize its decisions and make sophisticated comments about them.