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[-] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Plants don't have nervous systems, which appear to be what enables suffering

[-] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Did you mean to say plants instead of animals, or...?

[-] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 1 points 3 months ago

Yep, sure did. Thanks for the correction

[-] fuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I'm not even sure about plants not having something similar as a nervous system. They live on different timescale, but it's impressive what e.g. Trees in forests are capable of (with a little help of funghi)

[-] AlexLost@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

The smell of cut grass is the grass warning other grass that doom is upon them. Plants communicate in ways we can't understand in the same way as they don't make noise. They don't like being harvested anymore than an animal does.

[-] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 1 points 3 months ago

And how do you suppose that warning response leads to qualia?

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