Seth

or, an organism thrives when everything around it thrives as well. Grow only as much as needed.

i have no idea what this is about, but it is darkly poetic

Theory of mind is a diverse field with many different views and consequences. I land in the 4e camp of epistemology, so I would say experience of insect are equally experiences of conciousness as human experiences. When you let go of human centric parameters the world takes on a very different visage. I liked this article about the 4e theory and it’s implication on the breaking down of the divide between plants and conciousness. https://worldsensorium.com/what-plants-are-saying-about-us/

I think climate negativism is often very counterproductive in the ongoing fight for effective measures. Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will, my friend!

The dream of wooden pirate starships becomes reality!

wow these are beautiful!

Your title made me curious, is there something like learned behavior in arachids or insects?

I’ve had no luck getting rid of them by any other means than chemical pest control. I figured since it’s indoor I at least wont harm anything else. It’s important that you use a product that gets absorbed in the sap stream so that when they bite into the leave they get poisoned. They are sturdy bugs, It took me multiple treatments. I used this:

Spore clouds! I heard a podcast episode long ago on Mushroom revival that the giant mass of spores interacts with molecules in the air and influences weather patterns all over the world!