BUT, PLANTS HAVE FEELINGS TOO....
From: "Debunking a myth: plant consciousness."
Jon Mallatt et al. 2020
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8052213/
"This paper presents new arguments against plant consciousness, the most important of which are:
A.Plants do not show proactive behavior.
B.Classical learning does not indicate consciousness, so reports of such learning in plants are irrelevant.
C.The considerable differences between the electrical signals in plants and the animal nervous system speak against a functional equivalence. Unlike in animals, the action potentials of plants have many physiological roles that involve Ca2+ signaling and osmotic control; and plants’ variable potentials have properties that preclude any conscious perception of wounding as pain.
D.In plants, no evidence exists of reciprocal (recurrent) electrical signaling for integrating information, which is a prerequisite for consciousness.
E.Most proponents of plant consciousness also say that all cells are conscious, a speculative theory plagued with counterevidence.
Our 12 counterarguments are important to the future of plant biology, because dubious ideas about plant consciousness can harm this scientific discipline. We foresee three types of harm. First, not only does the notion of plant consciousness mislead the general public, but it also can generate mistaken ideas about the plant sciences in young, aspiring plant biologists. Second, the strong, romantic appeal of plant consciousness could influence public and private funding agencies to fund projects that are based on its fallacies. Third, public acceptance of plant consciousness could affect research regulation."
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