Actually I can be sure about it, Dan. Plants may be able to do many incredible things that we are only recently learning about, they react, they perceive in ways we are only now becoming aware of, but they have no central nervous system. Whatever they may "feel", it's not pain.
As the article itself says, "...scientists are reluctant to go as far as to say they are responding to pain." Besides, whatever else plants may feel or perceive, they "want" us to eat their fruits. That's why they make them succulent and sweet and tasty, so we (and other animals) will eat them. And spread their seeds. Cheers, frank On December 12, 2015 1:47:27 PM EST, "Daniel J. Matyola" <[email protected]> wrote: >On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 1:12 PM, knarf <[email protected]> >wrote: >> since they don't feel pain I don't think they "care" how they're >raised. > >I wouldn't be so sure about that, Frank: > >http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-01-09/new-research-plant-intelligence-may-forever-change-how-you-think-about-plants >http://www.collective-evolution.com/2015/05/15/do-plants-respond-to-pain-scientists-conduct-an-experiment-to-find-out/ > >Dan Matyola >http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -- Henri Cartier-Bresson Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
