That's incredible! I hadn't thoguht [A pause, as he deletes his text, his fingers seemingly tripping on the keys a little.] The possibility of a sentience arising from a whole bacterial mat instead of just small clusters isn't something I considered at all.
This changes everything. How many other organisms on the planet act like this? Is this part of the whole "sentient planet" thing? If it's like a giant thinking biofilm, it's like the planet is one big brain!
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This changes everything. How many other organisms on the planet act like this? Is this part of the whole "sentient planet" thing? If it's like a giant thinking biofilm, it's like the planet is one big brain!
[Yes, it was necessary to underline that.]