‘This is dangerous’: slime moulds and the bitter debate over the nature of intelligence

September 8, 2026 · 4:00 am 1 sources

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• ‘This is dangerous’: slime moulds and the bitter debate over the nature of intelligence
  The Guardian · September 8, 2026 04:00
  Scientists are battling over whether supposedly simple organisms should be considered ‘intelligent’. The outcome could reshape our understanding of the natural world – and our own place within it Forty years ago, as an undergraduate in Hokkaido, Toshiyuki Nakagaki came upon a lemon-yellow stain in…