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I have had a few events in my life that drastically changed my perspective of the world around me.
Meeting Paul Stamets was one of them.
For those of you who don't know who Paul Stamets is I highly recommend looking him up. He is an absolute brilliant mycologists. His "outside the box" thinking has lead to numerous discoveries for applied mycology.
He has found ways to clean up toxic sites, clean harmful levels of bacteria in water, created non-toxic pesticides, and most importantly he has found a way to save the bees.
It was an interesting turn of events that lead to my meeting him. I had just started to look into his research when I got invited to hear him speak at a local university. After watching his Ted talk I jumped at the chance.
As amazing as all his discoveries are and his impressive work with the governments bioshield defense program that's not what impressed me the most.
This guy actually understands nature!
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Paul has discovered the complex relationships that fungi have with almost every living thing including humans. The more we learn about plants and fungi the more we are beginning to understand their level on intelligence.
I really recommend looking into Paul's research, here is a few links to his lectures.
https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_stamets_on_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world/up-next
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stamets
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/butterfliesandscience.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/fungus-kills-caterpillars-to-feed-its-plant-host/amp/