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[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The next thing Rodriguez-Santiago did was to poke it.

[–] paf0@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago
[–] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago
[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Edgar is excited by what this discovery might mean for humans.

I don't think you can apply jelly biology directly to human biology. Some 500 million years inbetween, there ought to be some slight differences.

[–] TotesIllegit@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

The better we understand the nervous systems of other species, the better we can understand our own through comparison and testing, which in turn can lead to more ideas for medical treatments- or augmentation, if you're into that kind of thing.