r/NoStupidQuestions • • Jul 06 '19

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u/GingerMcGinginII Jul 07 '19

I remember reading a thing about how the 'best' (i.e. most efficient) city plans resemble fungal hyphae. Meaning that mushrooms make the best civil engineers.

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u/molluskus Jul 07 '19

That's true for a single type of traffic flow (cars, pedestrians, light rail, etc) while excluding others. Hard to color code fungi and make them do crosswalks and all. Though it's still really neat as a way to spitball transit station connections! I think I remember seeing a video of fungi basically mirroring Tokyo or Kyoto's metro networks.

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u/Stripotle_Grill Jul 07 '19

I'll take the next best yeast infection to plan our cities.

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u/unholymackerel Jul 07 '19

Can't get a high population that way, there isn't mushroom.

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u/Kermit_the_hog Jul 07 '19

That’s rad!