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Berlin, Germany
When a caterpillar spins itself into its cocoon, we now know that new cells are created in its body, which science calls “Imago cells”. They vibrate at a different frequency than the rest of the caterpillar body. They are so different that the caterpillar's immune system considers them to be foreign objects, attacks them and devours them. But these new Imago cells reappear in the caterpillar and are becoming more and more. Soon the caterpillar's immune system can no longer destroy these cells quickly enough. This is how more and more of the Imago cells survive these attacks. And then something amazing happens: The small and until then quite lonely Imago cells start to clump into small groups. They swing at a similar level and begin to exchange information with each other from cell to cell. The lumps of Imago cells start to form groups! Then, at a certain point, this long thread of Imago cells suddenly seems to understand that it is something. Something different than the caterpillar. S