TED Talk: Are Plants Intelligent Beings?
Photo via aussiegall When talking about plant intelligence, I think of that scene in Notting Hill with the fruitarian who believes all plants have feelings and so will only eat fruit that has “fallen from the tree or bush and is in fact already dead.” While it sounds outlandish that “These carrots have been… murdered,” it is indeed true that plants could have an intelligence all their own. Stefano Mancuso gives a compelling TED talk on how plants behave in ways that exhibit intelligence, from fighting predators to finding food, and after li… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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TED Talk: Are Plants Intelligent Beings?
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