What if planets were sentient

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[–]wrongthink 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

If it doesn't have any actual impact on your life then does it matter? Do you think gut bacteria "know" they are part of a larger organism? Would it matter if they did?

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If it doesn't have any actual impact on your life then does it matter? Do you think gut bacteria "know" they are part of a larger organism? Would it matter if they did?

It would matter if the organism was killing the host, and knowing this enabled the organism to prevent this outcome by replicating slower

[–]wrongthink 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But that's a concern about habitat sustainability which is orthogonal to the sentience of the habitat itself.