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With this subject oats were going to be removed from their previous place and some other points were going to be fed when needed. Not really following an agenda. The movements were made every two days approximately. | With this subject oats were going to be removed from their previous place and some other points were going to be fed when needed. Not really following an agenda. The movements were made every two days approximately. | ||
'''Observations:''' On day 2, after the first removal of an oat physarum remembered the place of the oat. In the days ahead physarum kept a bit ot itself into that exact same place where the oat was, as if it was waiting for it to come again. | |||
On day 2, after the first removal of an oat physarum remembered the place of the oat. In the days ahead physarum kept a bit ot itself into that exact same place where the oat was, as if it was waiting for it to come again. | |||
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Results: Physarum didn't really keep the connections between oats, it got desperate and went all over the petri dish looking for food. It didn't seem to do it in an organized way, it was spreading all over the petri dish in small amounts of it. It kept itself near the agar, probably because it needed nutrition and it broke all organized connections. | '''Results:''' Physarum didn't really keep the connections between oats, it got desperate and went all over the petri dish looking for food. It didn't seem to do it in an organized way, it was spreading all over the petri dish in small amounts of it. It kept itself near the agar, probably because it needed nutrition and it broke all organized connections. | ||
If physarum were drugs, it showed us that before getting rid of the drug problem things would spread all over the country. It would probably still stay near the cities with food (power) but because it would not be enough, it would create new points where to stay while waiting for the food to come and be enough for itself. | If physarum were drugs, it showed us that before getting rid of the drug problem things would spread all over the country. It would probably still stay near the cities with food (power) but because it would not be enough, it would create new points where to stay while waiting for the food to come and be enough for itself. | ||
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This subject was going to be fed all the time, no food was going to be removed but more and more oats would be placed. The movements were made every two days too approximately. | This subject was going to be fed all the time, no food was going to be removed but more and more oats would be placed. The movements were made every two days too approximately. | ||
'''Observations:''' Physarum moved in a very organized way. It kept it's connections while looking for food, it went towards the points with more food but still keeping part of it in the points with less food. | |||
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Results: Physarum moved all over the petri dish looking for food, it even went to the lid. It remembered where the main food sources where and kept the first connections it made. What is very interesting is that it actually created more and different connections between the oats. | |||
If we think these would be the movement of drug dealers it can represent them as organisms that are being attacked but at the same time find different paths to keep the business or their connection going on. | |||
Both experiments seem to be interesting and right as metaphorical scenarios. If you attack the drug cartels they will spread all over the country to find new ways were to keep their trade going on. I would say the first one is what we would like to achieve in real life, even though the country would be covered by violence, when physarum ran out of options it would just start to rot. Physarum was less strong in S01, probably because it had less food sources and a less amount of oats. S02 has a perspective closer to reality, if you cut the food sources, drug dealers will find new paths to go to. Mexican people are very wit and smart when it comes to finding new solutions to problems that involve a good pay, in this case, drugs. | |||