Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world to science@lemmy.world · 5 months agoPlants Really Do 'Scream'. We've Simply Never Heard Them Until Nowwww.sciencealert.comexternal-linkmessage-square235fedilinkarrow-up1364
arrow-up1364external-linkPlants Really Do 'Scream'. We've Simply Never Heard Them Until Nowwww.sciencealert.comRikudou_Sage@lemmings.world to science@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square235fedilink
minus-squareheraplem@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-25 months agoWhat? The fact that plants physically react to being cut has absolutely no bearing on whether they have conscious experience.
minus-squareJeeBaiChow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoWell, not in any way that we can relate to anyway. But that was the same with animals much earlier.
minus-squareheraplem@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoHow much earlier are we talking? I bet if you asked prehistoric hunter-gatherers whether they thought animals experienced pain, they woulds say yes. The idea that animals were automata comes from Descartes.
What? The fact that plants physically react to being cut has absolutely no bearing on whether they have conscious experience.
Well, not in any way that we can relate to anyway. But that was the same with animals much earlier.
How much earlier are we talking? I bet if you asked prehistoric hunter-gatherers whether they thought animals experienced pain, they woulds say yes. The idea that animals were automata comes from Descartes.