magic beneath the forests : science

[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago

This reminds me that I'm writing a story about a witch and one of the first things that happens is that she pisses off the mushrooms and they tell the trees not to talk to her. I should get back to that.

[-] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

It’s true I’ve spoken to them many times.

[-] Zorque@kbin.social 4 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I saw that X-files episode too.

[-] AscendantSquid@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

So mushrooms are Vegan Cthulhu's boners?

[-] wombat@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago

in the air, too; we live in an ocean of spores.

[-] EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 months ago

That guy probably knows a lot about mushrooms, talking like that.

[-] biologyboy@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago

I'm taking a myco class rn and it's amazing. Candida aurus is scary tho

[+] noxy@yiffit.net 1 points 5 months ago

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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Bruh

[+] onlinepersona@programming.dev -10 points 5 months ago

That is what people sound like that have taken too many shrooms. Comes a bit too close to newage bullshit. "Life is the universe evolving to experience itself through you" and bullshit like that.

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[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 months ago

But it's cool.

Just don't go thinking it means anything other than nature is awesome.

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev -1 points 5 months ago

I just think there are better ways to say nature is awesome without adding mystics, new age stuff, or fantastical expressions to it. Then it starts turning into non-science.

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[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 6 points 5 months ago

I like those better ways too, but I'm me and you're you. I think the vulgarisation like in the op are good and useful as well. We're not talking about Deepak Chopra here, just a little mycological poetry.

I would use the word "special" rather than mystical, but the awesomeness of reality can often feel mystical. I think it's ok to play with that as long as you aren't making any serious claims, like we should order our social structure around fungi deity or something

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