Daniel Vitalis on Mushroom Intelligence

[tenorman86]

What a load of horseshit lol. Mushrooms don't think. They are not conscious organisms. Never get your science from a person wearing a cape.

[enesem77]

Interconectedness of everything

[metalebd]

This sounds like pseudoscience and bullshit. But mostly bullshit. References please....Especially the 'mushrooms think' statement. BS meter just exploded.

[ave383]

SO since it's high in copper it's easy to believe that these plants/mycylium what ever they are called are intelligent or sentient. Because the brain itself is copper and carbon. Mushrooms are copper so far as we know because scholars do not know much about mushrooms if anything at all besides the fact that they cure cancer.

[ave383]

Check out Dr Sebi. In fact you guys should link up.He was the one whom I heard say that Mushrooms are not a fungus they are a mucellium network.He said if they were a fungus they would eat away at you and not heal you. He teaches your body needs minerals.When I looked up the mineral composition in mushroom I notice it was good for copper which is what the brain needs and it has potassium which is what the muscles are made of and also selenium which I forget what it's good for.continue..

[ave383]

Why do you look like a super hero?

[smurfieboo]

Why is he so fucking fat? Was he always this fat? Are there 4000 calories in a teaspoon of deer antler...is that it? 

[emko7]

the choir of babies is slightly distracting

[DopeDivinity]

Love eye-opening videos like this one. OldWorld everything-in-nature-are-unint­elligent-clockwork-turds views are rather stubborn, even for someone whos experienced the Divine Power of Nature firsthand

[PineGroveBird]

whats that cloak he is wearing? is amazing. id love to know.

[sirfearlessone]

@VeganSkaterDood Wow, you must be so much better than everyone. What this guy had to say was worth hearing. Hope you get over yourself someday.

[Zareste]

I was expecting a psychedelics talk, but this will do. I have seen indications that fungus was the first form of life on this planet.

[bluephosi]

Interesting that a mycelial network can feed nutrients to trees a mile away. great video, thanks.

[JvampDude]

I don't want to be an ass... I think what he says is great knowledge!

But the way he's dressed... I can't help but wait for Frodo to just pass by...

[sirfearlessone]

@JvampDude Yeah, after 15 seconds I assumed this guy would be giving testamonial to the power of psychedelics. Luckily I kept watching as I have knowlege(be it limited)of the subject. IMO mycelium is the most advanced and important organism on earth. And he is right it was the first organism on land and it paved the way for us all.

[cirquedebeaute]

Sounds alien..

[fstwrtr]

@Headoffury I'm a subterranean fanatic. I think I was a groundhog in a previous life

[budsmokerthc]

Danial in one interview with Kevin Gianni you had a stone canteen bottle for your spring water. Please where did you buy this!!~!!!!!!! PLEASE

[sec0f111]

What's with the cape? I think you have been eating the wrong kind of mushroom...

[Potemtole]

@sec0f111 OR MABYE you haven't been eating the right mushroom. :P

[Nebulaah]

What music is used in this video? Both the beginning and the end sounds really good. Would like to check it out. Amazing video, btw. Daniel is great.

[ALETHEIA8881]

@Nebulaah the song they used is "Society" By" Eddie Vedder.. i believe he is the lead singer of Pearl Jam but did some music on his own... it is a beautiful song!!!

[timryan84]

Daniel looks like a hobbit....

[singularityspace]

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[TheRawvoice]

I thought this was David Wolfe speaking for the first 6mins! lol!

[Lakkhesis1976]

@TheRawvoice The inability to recognise faces and voices is symptom indicative of autism, aspeurgers and several other 'spectrum' issues. You oughtta get that checked out.

[1sashenka]

What stuff is he on?

[flyingcricket1001]

@1sashenka  Mushrooms... duh

[mormonwoman52]

I love the little child singing in the background

[reaklin]

so all mushrooms are edible ..correct

[mmaghfai]

@reaklin no. some are very toxic....poisonous....so be careful when you go mushroom hunting in the woods ;)

[hanserclimbs]

He looks like a cross between Pipi Longstocking and an elf from Lord of the Rings.

Oh, and dear reader--mushrooms can't "rearrange their DNA at will". If someone demonstrated something like that they'd win the Nobel Prize. Mushrooms have intercellular communication, but that's not 'thought'.

Gnomes?

[Deradune]

@hanserclimbs You should read Paul Stamets' books. They DO think! Experiments done for a $10,000 prize in UK. Someone put fungus mold before a maze. Its food was at the other end of the maze. The FIRST time the fungus went through the it went in all directions equally until it got food. Then they used the same fungus again with the same maze, again putting it at the very beginning. The second time the fungus took just ONE -- correct -- path straight to the food. This experiment won the prize!

[SuperfoodSpeakeasy]

@Deradune ~ I Concur... :)

[Haremma]

@Deradune Fuck yeah!

[nkfwheaton]

The children sound like they are singing in perfect harmony. Good things happening here.

[br8d1]

Worst tattoos, ever!

[Nebulaah]

@br8d1 Best tattoos, ever.

[kaiwanmak]

daniel is normal becaue he eats eggs n collastrum, he actually does have vitality simply because he isnt protein deficient.

[susane16]

This Daniel is totally cool!

[Thill1116]

How is it possible to prove the that mushroom has consciousness and can think? Sounds rather mystical and outrageous. Can someone please explain this to me? I'm compelled to know.

[freqazoidiac]

@Thill1116 - It's directly related to the individual experience when connected or dosed so to speak, on psilocybin. It's subjective, purely. We can only direct our consciousness to provide that viewpoint, but in my estimation, you cannot scientifically prove such thing. I don't see the manner to do so anyways, or why someone would want to. Most Natives of different cultures are on the same page, keep an oral tradition, and keep the science at arms length. This is spirituality, basically.

[pistasheo]

read some Terence McKenna, this stuff isn't new.  Also Paul Stamets

[Deradune]

@Thill1116 Please read my response to Hanserclimbs (above) re the experiment that proved that fungus can LEARN...!

[trisky1234]

@Thill1116 You'd have to redefine the dimensions of thought. I'm not sure yet if I agree with this fellow, although the idea has triggered fascination in me. I do not rule out that the structure of fungi does not rule out some sort of basic reflex-like behavior over long distances though, as per the nutrients to sick trees anecdote (which I would like to see proof of).

[dercolonel123]

thx for sharing

(the song btw sounds a little like a variation on the melody from "blowin' in the wind")

[ryanjchapman]

what beautiful song is this

[bmarley343]

we indeed are on the frontier of symbiosis with mushroom consciousness, thanks for sharing daniel. OM !

[carthora]

hehe, love the backup vocalist :D.... wow, this makes me want to learn more about mushrooms.... I've always thought they are very mysterious, like crystals.....

[theAKtor]

woww yea this is awesome, just like how when there is a forest fire, I heard trees can detect that,

[SweetRawLaLa]

This is so beautifully done. Thank you for creating it. You make the most amazing videos.

[SuperfoodSpeakeasy]

Thanks Doll! You make the most amazing blog posts!!! :) Love in the Matrix! xo