Biochemical controls: controlling plant fungus symbiosis (Introduction)

by David Turell , Thursday, April 17, 2025, 18:57 (1 day, 14 hours, 27 min. ago) @ dhw

dhw: It was Lynn Margulis (a prominent advocate of cellular intelligence) who first pointed out the massive importance of symbiosis for the progress of evolution. Looking at the current state of the world, I’m appalled by the fact that we humans, despite all our layers of conscious intelligence, continue to devote ourselves to the destructive chaos of competition rather than the constructive order of symbiosis.

DAVID: Your usual doom and gloom. Lots of research goes on in using symbiosis in agriculture.

dhw: So you don’t think that, for instance, peaceful cooperation is preferable to war? Racial harmony to racism? A helping hand to a fist in the face? I wrote the above because what is happening in Ukraine and Gaza and Sudan, and to a lesser extent with some of the social and economic policies now being pursued in the western world, sickens me to the core. I’m surprised that you don’t have similar feelings.

You are always fussing about the darkness in some areas of the world. I have no control over happenings in Gaza, Ukraine or Sudan, so why should I fret? I do sympathize with the Ukraine people and their horrible history with Russia.