Jun 8 2021

Slime Mold: 0% Mold, 100% Amazing

49 min 3 movies discussed
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If you’ve ever wandered past what looked like a pile of dog barf on a log during a hike in the woods, you’d just seen slime mold - one of the most perplexing organisms on Earth.

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# Slime Mold: The Brainless Blob That's Smarter Than You'd Think

Josh and Chuck dive into the genuinely mind-blowing world of slime mold, a bizarre single-celled organism that shouldn't be intelligent but somehow is. These gelatinous blobs can solve mazes, navigate cities as efficiently as Tokyo's subway system, and even sacrifice themselves to save their colony—all without a brain, nerve cells, or anything resembling consciousness. It's a fascinating exploration of what "intelligence" really means and how nature keeps surprising us with unexpected problem-solving abilities hiding in the forest floor.


Movies Discussed

Gremlins
Gremlins
1984 1h 46m
★ 7.1
"It's something like right out of Gremlins. — Chuck compares the creepy nature of slime molds escaping from Petri dishes to the movie Gremlins." — Chuck
Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction
1994 2h 34m
★ 8.5
"Well, I know it. It's Pulp Fiction because he had me save it like two years ago. — Chuck mentions that Jack's favorite movie for an upcoming Movie Crush episode is Pulp Fiction." — Chuck
Spider-Man
Spider-Man
2002 2h 1m
★ 7.3
"Dr. Octagon? From Spider-Man? Yeah, sure. All right. — Josh and Chuck discuss Alfred Molina playing Dr. Octopus in Spider-Man while talking about algorithms and complex systems." — Josh

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