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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes, I remember the Radio Lab about this. I believe they released a foul scent then shocked the caterpillars and they would flee the scent after becoming butterflies, whereas control subjects did not flee the scent after metamorphosis.

https://radiolab.org/podcast/goo-and-you

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't that test be inconclusive if the memories are being transfered via the goo

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, the surprising part is that the structures don't change incrementally but are dissolved completely and reformed. But yes, the memories are transferred via the goo somehow.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Step one, become the goo.