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Professor Nicholas Money explores the possibility that fungi could have consciousness, expanding our understanding of sentience

Biology Consciousness is an elusive concept. Professor Nicholas Money of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio has argued for a new philosophy of cellular consciousness and suggests that fungi have minds. When we explore the sensitivity of fungi and other microbes and recognise their ability to interpret and respond to their environment, it seems logical to extend the definition of consciousness to species without nervous systems. Fungi show remarkable abilities in their responses to external stimuli. Recent research on the intricacies of cellular cognition is reshaping how we think about microorga

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