Me and the Slime Mold.

Being something of a loner myself, I couldn’t let a YouTube video entitled Why do loners exist? slip by unwatched. A scientist explained… but it was a long explanation so I’ll skip to the bottom line:

Loners exist to pick up the pieces when the rest of the population get wiped out by forces beyond their control. We’re the failsafe mechanism, apparently. And this encouraging fact was discovered by studying slime mold (which is surprisingly intelligent you might be surprised to hear, as were the scientists.)

So there you have it. It appears I’m a valuable asset to the herd whether I want to be or not. And I have no problem at all with being related to slime mold.