It’s funny I thought the same thing when I read the title of the earlier post of the day. Love the gingerbread activities though!
I heard about something quite fascinating earlier this year that involves mycelium I think, I don’t remember specifically what. But it’s a phenomenon that happens in the world where a collective experience changes the way things act or behave. An example that’s relevant for me is that the fish that are in a lake or a pond will “learn” collectively what a lure is and what’s not really food. This makes it difficult for fishermen and fishing companies to keep using the same products over and over because the fish eventually learn and they have to create new ones. If one fish is caught using a green and yellow lure, a couple other fish could also be caught by it but the chances of getting 20 fish with that one lure even if your moving around and the conditions are great are very small because of the signals that are somehow transmitted among the fish. Trees also do similar things where if they get hurt by something like a bear (I think, this one is a little fuzzier because it’s not as relevant) it will adjust it’s chemical makeup to produce a sap that is less desirable. It signals other trees in the region and they do the same.
I was thinking of this being a possibility for multiple people coming up with the wheel around the same time even though it was geographically dispersed. We have so many things we don’t understand about our minds and how it is interconnected on vastly more complicated levels. Who knows how this is possibly interrelated!
A follow up from the other day - I have been spending more time on chain when I’m not playing Splinterlands and I’m enjoying that more at this point. I would get frustrated playing and spend too much time on it which was not conducive to what I wanted. I may play again, but I may not. Who knows.
I have the most obtuse titles :D
Have you watched "The last of Us" - I think it explores some of this phenomena through some kind of fungus. It is like building collective knowledge through networks we don't yet understand well.
This is me at the moment. If I had more land, I might just stake cards and have a break.