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“Sedate a Plant, and It Seems to Lose Consciousness. Is It Conscious?”
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/science/plants-consciousness-anesthesia.html
Normally I’d revert to Betteridge's law of headlines and answer “no”, but in this case, it’s not so clear
The article presents more details than sensitivity to sedatives used on humans
#Science #Botany
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@cypnk the statement is strange. If you are not certain that something is conscious how can you use the fact that it loses this thing you don't know it has to prove that it has consciousness?
@loke As usual, the headline is very sparse on actual details, but the article has more compelling info
I’m honestly not sure either way
@cypnk Plants are amazing and I love them all.