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'''15 December'''

I am getting somewhere, the feeling of being trapped is often projected, by humans, who are not trapped, onto other organisms whom [[we]] perceive as being trapped. If you observe a mouse and bait, that is put into a trap, the mouse goes through lengh of closely observing the trap, before it finally enters it.

Niels Birbaumer states after his self-experiment with curare (a poison that rendered him completely paralized) that the feeling is actually not as horrible as one non-paralized being might imagine it, indeed quite pleasant, and after interviewing ALS patients he found out that they are not in despair but consider themselves happy. They are just sorry that they cannot communicate. So being trapped is clearly a matter of perspective...

What if gave a fungi the ability to communicate with humans? Well of course, one who understands the language of mushrooms knows how to communicate with them. But still... Maybe that is just the first step. Hooking up one network with another network.

Or what about giving a fungi the ability to cater to his own needs in a human environment? The aid to colonize a new realm and the ability to communicate with human to engage in mutual myco-human-relationship outside of laboratories or commercial grow farms?

Living together in a shared habitat, like we already do with houseplants! Fungi-pets!

After all we started out with animals and plants as productive livestock and then we made them our companions. Level up for fungi!

Here is a picture of my fungal-pet that I am pretty fond of:

[[File:fungal-pet.jpg|400px]]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Harbisson

http://timms.uni-tuebingen.de/Search/_QueryControl?InputQueryString=Birbaumer%2c+Niels

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+I am getting somewhere, the feeling of being trapped is often projected, by humans, who are not trapped, onto other organisms whom [[we]] perceive as being trapped. If you observe a mouse and bait, that is put into a trap, the mouse goes through lengh of closely observing the trap, before it finally enters it.
+Niels Birbaumer states after his self-experiment with curare (a poison that rendered him completely paralized) that the feeling is actually not as horrible as one non-paralized being might imagine it, indeed quite pleasant, and after interviewing ALS patients he found out that they are not in despair but consider themselves happy. They are just sorry that they cannot communicate. So being trapped is clearly a matter of perspective...
+What if gave a fungi the ability to communicate with humans? Well of course, one who understands the language of mushrooms knows how to communicate with them. But still... Maybe that is just the first step. Hooking up one network with another network.
+Or what about giving a fungi the ability to cater to his own needs in a human environment? The aid to colonize a new realm and the ability to communicate with human to engage in mutual myco-human-relationship outside of laboratories or commercial grow farms?
+Living together in a shared habitat, like we already do with houseplants! Fungi-pets!
+After all we started out with animals and plants as productive livestock and then we made them our companions. Level up for fungi!
+Here is a picture of my fungal-pet that I am pretty fond of:
+[[File:fungal-pet.jpg|400px]]
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Harbisson
+http://timms.uni-tuebingen.de/Search/_QueryControl?InputQueryString=Birbaumer%2c+Niels
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