Is the lemon using us, or are we using the lemon?

One way of approaching these issues is ecological: have our taste for the apple, its flavour, its timing, its colour, its nutritional properties co-evolved to benefit both man and apple? This is often the case, especially for fruit. In the case of the domestic hen it is only partially so — because that species exists only as a result of our selection, of our using it. But are we using it or is it using us? Some say hallucinogenic mushrooms have “decided” to use our brains to perpetuate themselves. Ultimately, being psychedelic appears to have only one benefit: it gives a “pleasant” experience to certain animals. Stamets takes this further by suggesting that the Fungi as a kingdom are using us to colonize the other planets of the solar system. The same could be said of plants, which will use us to disperse their seeds wherever we go — unless cyborgs replace us ecologically. <a href="https://dario-cortese.medium.com/is-the-lemon-using-us-or-are-we-using-the-lemon-a305e939ae76">Click Here</a>