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Based on the theory that a fungus will grow indefinetly, as long as it is provided with enough food and has no physical boundaries¹, I grow Pleurotus Ostreatus and Pleurotus Djamor in liquid culture. This theory opposes the opinion that fungi are subject to a process called senescence or biological ageing that leads to loss in vigor and the eventual death of a individuum². | Based on the theory that a fungus will grow indefinetly, as long as it is provided with enough food and has no physical boundaries¹, I grow Pleurotus Ostreatus and Pleurotus Djamor in liquid culture. This theory opposes the opinion that fungi are subject to a process called senescence or biological ageing that leads to loss in vigor and the eventual death of a individuum². | ||
===Notes=== | |||
''Directive 1:'' | |||
Let the fungi grow in a shape that makes it easier for hominina to relate to it. The shape should be appealing and spark empathy. | Let the fungi grow in a shape that makes it easier for hominina to relate to it. The shape should be appealing and spark empathy. | ||
''Directive 2:'' | |||
Investigate and search for partners to the fungi, that can supply the needed resources to sustain life. | Investigate and search for partners to the fungi, that can supply the needed resources to sustain life. | ||
''Directive 3: '' | |||
Design a system that sustains the live of the fungi and their partner for as long as possible. | Design a system that sustains the live of the fungi and their partner for as long as possible. | ||
''Directive 4:'' | |||
Prove that there is no such thing as senescence for fungi and that the effect described as such can be prevented in a laboratory set-up. | Prove that there is no such thing as senescence for fungi and that the effect described as such can be prevented in a laboratory set-up. | ||
===Methodology=== | ===Methodology=== | ||