Timeline for Plant based lifeforms: brain equivalent?
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| Oct 18, 2016 at 14:46 | comment | added | EveryBitHelps | @user6760, yes that counts. I have several species created along those lines! I just wasn't sure what parts of the plants I definitely have to keep. | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 14:10 | comment | added | user6760 | Can a parasitic plant controlling a host animal brain to move from one location to a different location to search for food count? | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 6:27 | vote | accept | EveryBitHelps | ||
| Oct 18, 2016 at 5:45 | comment | added | Harry David | Specific Fungi are known to branch outwards from one plant and link it to others, effectively acting as neural-tissue; they promote root growth out into areas of higher phosphate/nitrate composition and help distribute nutritional particles to smaller undernourished plants, creating a network of "communal-plants" that can interact with one another, much like a brain. Evolving a system like this... | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 1:21 | answer | added | halfmetaljacket | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 17, 2016 at 22:41 | comment | added | EveryBitHelps | @SnyperBunny, totally forgot about the little 'stick lovers'. I always remember the travel time difference aspect when I think of the Ender series. Thanks for the reminder. Time for a refresher! | |
| Oct 17, 2016 at 22:21 | comment | added | BunnyKnitter | I don't want to give away spoilers, but starting in the second book in the Ender's Game series there are some plants that kinda "house" an intelligence. The last two books in the series actually go into a fair bit of detail about how it is all possible - its very interesting and actually gets quite philosophical. (So if you want a REALLY good read and to see a unique take on it, check out the series :) ) | |
| Oct 17, 2016 at 21:52 | answer | added | mbomb007 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 17, 2016 at 17:08 | answer | added | talex | timeline score: 3 | |
| Oct 17, 2016 at 14:55 | comment | added | Strannch | @EveryBitHelps you could get inspired by the movie "Avatar", were plants and animals share a neuronal connector. Your plants could have that same system. Maybe not individually, but more like in "clusters" of plants | |
| Oct 17, 2016 at 14:09 | comment | added | Kevin | This totally made me think of a genius loci D20srd - OGL page. Too close to Sonic's answer so not posting one as my own. | |
| Oct 17, 2016 at 12:07 | comment | added | EveryBitHelps | @user30785, I don't think it is necessarily a requirement for a skull to develop if the plants move around. | |
| Oct 17, 2016 at 11:25 | comment | added | Mathieu Rodic | Have a look there: ted.com/talks/stefano_mancuso_the_roots_of_plant_intelligence | |
| Oct 17, 2016 at 9:32 | answer | added | Zxyrra | timeline score: 25 | |
| Oct 17, 2016 at 9:05 | answer | added | Fenrir | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 17, 2016 at 9:01 | answer | added | Sonic | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 17, 2016 at 8:45 | comment | added | user27795 | probably underground like a protected bulb with roots going outside....or if they move around then they will develop skulls | |
| Oct 17, 2016 at 8:43 | comment | added | EveryBitHelps | OK. Well, where in the plant would a plantbrain be housed? | |
| Oct 17, 2016 at 8:40 | comment | added | user27795 | a brain........... | |
| Oct 17, 2016 at 8:19 | history | asked | EveryBitHelps | CC BY-SA 3.0 |